Fat-Containing Lesions in Vertebrae and Spinal Canal: A Pictorial Review.
- Author:
Jeong A JEON
1
;
Won Jong YOO
;
Yeon Soo LIM
;
Young Joo KIM
;
Eun Ja LEE
;
Mi Sook SUNG
;
Myung Hee CHUNG
;
Hae Giu LEE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Spine; Spinal canal; Computed tomography (CT); Magnetic resonance (MR)
- MeSH: Diagnosis; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Prognosis; Spinal Canal*; Spinal Diseases; Spine*
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 2007;56(1):1-12
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: The recent development of image techniques, including computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of spinal disease. A variety of lesions in the spine may contain fat tissue, and these lesions have the possibility of being benign or malignancy. The principle of treatment varies depending on the characteristics of the lesions. The purpose of this pictorial assay is to document the radiologic findings to help physicians make the correct diagnosis, to confirm the characteristics and the extent of the lesion, to anticipate the prognosis and to select and decide upon the therapeutic method when a fat-containing lesion is located in the spinal vertebrae and/or spinal canal.
