title: Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor invading the spine: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Ossifying fibromyxoid tumors were first described in 1989. They are composed of small round cells dispersed in a myxoid matrix and contain bone, osteoid, and collagen. Bone invasion is very rare. Our case was unusual because of the spinal location of the tumor and its invasive features including destruction of the cortex of the vertebral body, and invasion of the spinal canal causing a radioculopathy. The clinical presentation, radiologic features, and histopathologic findings are described, and the relevant literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50, Ilwon-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul, 135-710, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Jong Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Eun Yoon
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Chong-Suh
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Young Cheol
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Sang-Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods