MRI findings of giant cell tumors of the spine

Won Kwon Jong; Hye Won Chung; Yoon Cho Eun; Hwan Hong Sung; Sang Hee Choi; Cheol Yoon Young; Kyu Yi Sang

doi:10.2214/AJR.06.1472

MRI findings of giant cell tumors of the spine

Won Kwon Jong, Hye Won Chung, Yoon Cho Eun, Hwan Hong Sung, Sang Hee Choi, Cheol Yoon Young, Kyu Yi Sang

Department of Pathology and Translational Genomics

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OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to describe the MRI features of giant cell tumors of the spine in 10 patients. CONCLUSION. One of the tumors was located in C7. The other nine tumors were located in the thoracic spine, lumbar spine, and sacrum, three in each site. The characteristic findings included an expansile mass with heterogeneous low to intermediate signal intensity on the T2-weighted images (10/10), a curvilinear area of signal void on T1- and T2-weighted images (9/10), and cystic changes within the mass (4/10). Although no imaging feature was pathognomonic, MRI was found to be valuable in identifying the tumor, revealing its extent, and defining its relationship with the intraspinal structures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	246-250
Number of pages	5
Journal	American Journal of Roentgenology
Volume	189
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.06.1472
State	Published - Jul 2007

Keywords

Giant cell tumors
MRI
Musculoskeletal imaging
Spine

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MRI findings of giant cell tumors of the spine

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