Can I read Imaging Features of Synovial Chondromatosis of the Spine: a Review of 28 Cases on EtoBox?

Imaging Features of Synovial Chondromatosis of the Spine: a Review of 28 Cases by Laurel A. Littrell; Carrie Y. Inwards; Franklin H. Sim; Doris E. Wenger is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Imaging Features of Synovial Chondromatosis of the Spine: a Review of 28 Cases about?

## Objective: To describe the radiographic, ct, and mri appearance of synovial chondromatosis of the spine. ## Materials and methods: Radiology and pathology databases were searched for cases of spinal synovial chondromatosis from 1984 through 2013, yielding 29 patients (16 males, 13 females). the average age was 45 years. twenty-eight patients had imaging studies available for review including seven radiographs, two myelograms, 13 ct, and 23 mri exams. ## Results: Cases were located in the cervical spine (16), thoracic spine (6), lumbar spine (6), and sacrum (1). twenty-two cases (79%) had an epidural component. eighteen (64%) had a neural foraminal component. sixteen (57%) had a paraspinal component. the mass abutted a facet joint in 96% of cases. nearly all (96%) showed a normal facet joint without internal erosive changes. most (79%) showed evidence of chronic extrinsic bony erosion, usually involving the surface of the facet. only 44% had calcifications as a dominant finding. most patients (88%) had evidence of neural compression. on t1-weighted mri, 80% showed intermediate or a combination of intermediate and dark signal. on t2-weighted images, 89% showed heterogeneous signal

Who reads Imaging Features of Synovial Chondromatosis of the Spine: a Review of 28 Cases?

Author

Laurel A. Littrell; Carrie Y. Inwards; Franklin H. Sim; Doris E. Wenger

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2015

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)