Magnetic Resonance Imaging Of Bone And Soft Tissue Tumors And Their Mimics: A Clinical Atlas (series In Radiology)

Magnetic resonance imaging has already become a most valuable imaging modality in the diagnostic work-up of musculoskeletal neoplasms. While high accuracy of MRI for staging purposes has been proven, we will focus in this monograph on the characterization of primary bone and soft tissue tumors by MRI. The major purpose of this monograph is to provide an atlas of magnetic resonance features of primary bone and soft tissue tumors for radiologists, orthopedic surgeons and physiotherapists. The results presented are based on investigations of 94 primary bone and soft tissue tumors and mimicking conditions by magnetic resonance imaging. Although the scale of the material allows for statistical handling, the number of patients per subgroup is too small to come to definite conclusions. We will therefore limit ourselves to the description of and comments on a great number of cases to illustrate the diagnostic potential of this new imaging modality. We would like to thank the anonymous cooperators: referring clinicians, pathologists, nurses, technicians and secretaries whose help enabled us to present this monograph. We would also like to express our gratitude to the firms Siemens AG and Schering AG for technical support. Front Matter....Pages i-3 General Considerations about Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors....Pages 5-20 Materials and Methods....Pages 21-22 Front Matter....Pages 23-23 Osteoid Osteoma....Pages 25-29 Enchondroma....Pages 31-33 Osteochondroma....Pages 34-38 Giant Cell Tumor....Pages 39-43 Hemangioma....Pages 44-49 Solitary Bone Cyst....Pages 50-51 Aneurysmal Bone Cyst....Pages 52-55 Non Ossifying Fibroma....Pages 56-57 Eosinophilic Granuloma....Pages 58-59 Fibrous Dysplasia....Pages 61-67 Osteomyelitis....Pages 69-71 Front Matter....Pages 73-73 Osteogenic Sarcoma....Pages 75-88 Chondrosarcoma....Pages 89-95 Front Matter....Pages 97-97 Lipoma....Pages 98-105 Front Matter....Pages 107-107 Liposarcoma....Pages 109-114 Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma....Pages 115-117 Rhabdomyosarcoma....Pages 118-121 Value of Contrast (Gd-DTPA)-Enhanced MRI-Studies in Cases of Musculoskeletal Tumors....Pages 123-127 Front Matter....Pages 107-107 General Conclusions....Pages 129-130