title: Primary spinal chondrosarcoma: radiological manifestations with histopathological correlation in eight patients and literature review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to delineate radiological-pathological correlation in primary vertebral chondrosarcoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight histopathologically confirmed cases were analyzed for pathological and radiological characteristics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Magnetic resonance images of three conventional and one clear cell cases showed lobulated or irregular masses with line or septa enhancement. Two conventional lesions showed signal intensity of high water content on T2-weighted images, in which aneurismal bone cysts were confirmed. The myxoid lesion showed a relatively diffuse signal and enhancement. Marked masses were found in the two mesenchymal patients, either dumbbell-like or round-like.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Primary spinal chondrosarcomas have certain radiological findings that may correlate to the pathological subtypes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China. liuguobing123@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Guobing
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Guangyao
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Prasanna
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ghimire
authors.forename: Haopeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Zaipeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult