Giant cell tumor of the thoracic spine: MR appearance

The MR features of a giant cell tumor that predominantly involved the posterior elements of a thoracic vertebra are presented. This extradural neoplasm compressed and displaced the spinal cord. The tumor had low to intermediate signal on short-repetition-time images and predominantly high signal on...

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Published in:American journal of neuroradiology : AJNR 1994-05, Vol.15 (5), p.962-964
Main Authors: Meyers, SP, Yaw, K, Devaney, K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Case Reports
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Giant Cell Tumors - diagnosis
Giant Cell Tumors - pathology
Giant Cell Tumors - surgery
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medical sciences
Spinal Cord - pathology
Spinal Cord Compression - diagnosis
Spinal Cord Compression - pathology
Spinal Cord Compression - surgery
Spinal Neoplasms - diagnosis
Spinal Neoplasms - pathology
Spinal Neoplasms - surgery
Thoracic Vertebrae - pathology
Thoracic Vertebrae - surgery
Tumors of striated muscle and skeleton
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Summary:The MR features of a giant cell tumor that predominantly involved the posterior elements of a thoracic vertebra are presented. This extradural neoplasm compressed and displaced the spinal cord. The tumor had low to intermediate signal on short-repetition-time images and predominantly high signal on long-repetition-time images. It showed mild heterogeneous enhancement with gadopentetate dimeglumine.
ISSN:0195-6108
1936-959X