Pigmented villonodular synovitis of a lumbar facet joint.
We describe the CT appearance of suspected pigmented villonodular synovitis involving a lumbar facet in a 51-year-old woman, and discuss how the histologic and radiologic appearances may differ from those of synovial cysts.
Titelbaum
D S
DS
Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
Rhodes
C H
CH
Brooks
J S
JS
Goldberg
H I
HI
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed