Diagnosis of benign notochordal cell tumor of the spine: is a biopsy necessary?

Satoshi Tateda; Ko Hashimoto; Toshimi Aizawa; Haruo Kanno; Shin Hitachi; Eiji Itoi; Hiroshi Ozawa

doi:10.1002/ccr3.1287

Diagnosis of benign notochordal cell tumor of the spine: is a biopsy necessary?

Clin Case Rep. 2017 Nov 24;6(1):63-67. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1287. eCollection 2018 Jan.

Authors

Satoshi Tateda¹, Ko Hashimoto², Toshimi Aizawa², Haruo Kanno², Shin Hitachi³, Eiji Itoi², Hiroshi Ozawa¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty of Medicine Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Sendai Japan.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Tohoku University School of Medicine Sendai Japan.
³ Department of Diagnostic Radiology Tohoku University School of Medicine Sendai Japan.

Abstract

Benign notochordal cell tumor is a benign intraosseous lesion, demonstrates characteristic imaging features. The lesion demonstrates low-signal intensity in T1-weighted images, high-signal intensity in T2-weighted images, and no enhancement with contrast medium in MRI and slight osteosclerosis in CT. If typical imaging findings are identified, biopsy is not necessary.

Keywords: Benign notochordal cell tumor; chordoma; magnetic resonance imaging; notochordal rest; spinal tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports