RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 MR Imaging Features of Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis of the Cervical Spine
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 146
OP 149
VO 25
IS 1
A1 Parmar, Hemant A.
A1 Sitoh, Yih Yian
A1 Tan, Kheng Kooi
A1 Teo, Jennifer
A1 Ibet S., Marie
A1 Hui, Francis
YR 2004
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/1/146.abstract
AB Summary: Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a benign proliferative disorder primarily occurring in the large joints of the appendicular skeleton such as the knee and hip joints. We present an unusual case of PVNS involving the cervical spine in an adult. MR imaging showed an enhancing mass lesion arising from the posterior elements of the cervical spine and hyperintensity on the T2-weighted images, without evidence of T2 susceptibility effects. Gross total excision of the tumor was performed, and the diagnosis was established by histopathology.