title: Vertebral tumors and pseudotumors.
abstract: This article discusses lesions that may present as vertebral tumors at radiologic examination. Conditions are discussed in order of decreasing frequency: pseudotumoral lesions, vertebral metastases, bone marrow diseases, and primary vertebral tumors, which are relatively uncommon. The differential diagnosis between nontraumatic benign and malignant vertebral collapses is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie Ostéo-Articulaire, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France. jean-denis.laredo@lrb.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Laredo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: el Quessar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bossard
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vuillemin-Bodaghi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary