[MRI aspect of disk tumor infiltration]

J Radiol. 1997 Nov;78(11):1175-7.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report a case of tumor infiltration into an intervertebral disk imaged at MR. The MRI appearance of a tumor infiltration into an intervertebral disk is the same as a spondylodiscitis: loss of the internuclear cleft, increased signal intensity of the disk on T2 weighted imaging. Other metastatic infiltration in vertebrae and a primitive tumor suggest the diagnosis. It is confirmed by percutaneous biopsy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma / secondary*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intervertebral Disc*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lumbar Vertebrae*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Spinal Neoplasms / secondary*