title: Paravertebral glomus tumors.
abstract: We report on a 50-year-old man who suffered from chronic lumbago. CT and MRI revealed a paravertebral tumor mass growing through the neural foramen of lumbar vertebrae 1/2. Signal features on MRI and contrast medium enhancement characteristics were not diagnostically specific. After biopsy a glomus tumor of uncertain malignant potential was diagnosed. We also describe the features of glomus tumors and the possible differential diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Homburg, 66421 Homburg, Germany. caxmann@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Axmann
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Feiden
authors.forename: Verena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Moeller
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Reith
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed