title: Imaging findings of spinal brown tumors: a rare but important cause of pathologic fracture and spinal cord compression.
abstract: Brown tumors rarely develop in the spine, and neurological compromise is exceedingly uncommon. There is a growing body of literature describing brown tumors that involve the spine, but few emphasize the radiographic findings. In the present case, we illustrate the development and progression of biopsy-proven brown tumors leading to neurological compromise through radiographs, computed tomography, magnetic resonance, and nuclear imaging acquired over a 4-year span.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065. Electronic address: phc2009@med.cornell.edu.
authors.forename: Philip G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Colucci
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065.
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Schweitzer
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065.
authors.forename: Jad
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saab
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065.
authors.forename: Ehud
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lavi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065.
authors.forename: J Levi
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Chazen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010002:Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Brown tumors; Hyperparathyroidism; Osteitis fibrosa cystica; Renal osteodystrophy; Spinal cord compression