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Vertebral tumors and pseudotumors
J D Laredo1, A el Quessar, P Bossard
1Service de Radiologie Ostéo-Articulaire, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France. jean-denis.laredo@lrb.ap-hop-paris.fr
Radiologic Clinics of North America
|February 28, 2001
Abstract:
This article discusses lesions that may present as vertebral tumors at radiologic examination. Conditions are discussed in order of decreasing frequency: pseudotumoral lesions, vertebral metastases, bone marrow diseases, and primary vertebral tumors, which are relatively uncommon. The differential diagnosis between nontraumatic benign and malignant vertebral collapses is also discussed.