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Table 2 Imaging characteristics of nine patients with giant cell tumors of the mobile spine involving the adjacent vertebrae

From: Giant cell tumors of the mobile spine with invasion of adjacent vertebrae: an unusual imaging finding

Case Original location Fractures or collapse T1WI T2WI Enhancement Margin sclerosis Cortical destruction Margin of involving adjacent vertebrae Enneking Stage
1 T12 + isointense hyperintense significant _ + ill-defined 3
2 T12 – heterogeneous iso-low heterogeneous polycystic high heterogeneous high-low +partial + ill-defined 3
3 C4 + isointense hyperintense significant _ + ill-defined 3
4 T2 – heterogeneous iso-low heterogeous polycystic high heterogeneous high-low _ + ill-defined 3
5 L1 + hypointense intermediate null +partial + well-defined 3
6 T5 – isointense intermediate null +partial + well-defined 3
7a T2 + Heterogeneous iso-low Heterogeneous with polycystic high Heterogeneous with polycystic high – + ill-defined 3
8 T10 – hypointense intermediate significant +partial + ill-defined 3
9 C7 + Heterogeneous iso-high Heterogeneous low-iso-high Heterogeneous low-iso-high – + ill-defined 3
  1. +, present; −, absent; a GCT associated with an aneurysmal bone cyst
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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