Imaging appearance of giant cell tumour of the spine above the sacrum.
Giant cell tumour (GCT) of the spine is rarely encountered in daily clinical practice. Most of the tumours occur at the sacrum instead of at the spine above the sacrum, which has been reported to account for 1.3-9.3% of all spine GCTs. This article is a review of our radiological experience of the diagnosis of spine GCT above the sacrum based on 34 patients at a single institution. The purpose of this pictorial review is to highlight the imaging findings of GCT and to provide clues that may distinguish it from other, more common neoplasms.
1 Vascular Department, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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Shi
2 Department of Radiology, Hebei Province Biomechanical Key Laboratory of Orthopedics, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
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Li
2 Department of Radiology, Hebei Province Biomechanical Key Laboratory of Orthopedics, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
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2 Department of Radiology, Hebei Province Biomechanical Key Laboratory of Orthopedics, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
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Zhang
3 Department of Pathology, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
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2 Department of Radiology, Hebei Province Biomechanical Key Laboratory of Orthopedics, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
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D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed