Primary leiomyosarcoma of the spine: an analysis of imaging manifestations and clinicopathological findings

Zhang, Jiahui; Chen, Yongye; Xing, Xiaoying; Wang, Qizheng; Liu, Ke; Zhang, Enlong; Lang, Ning

doi:10.1186/s13244-022-01336-y

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Table 2 Imaging manifestations of the 11 patients with primary leiomyosarcoma of the spine

From: Primary leiomyosarcoma of the spine: an analysis of imaging manifestations and clinicopathological findings

No	Location	Shape	Border	Bone destruction	Residual bone trabeculae	Compression fractures	CT value (HU)	T1WI	T2WI	Enhanced features	Spinal cord compression	Nerve root compression	Mass size (cm)
1	L3 vertebral body and posterior elements	Lobulated	Ill-defined	Osteolytic	No	Yes	53	Isointense	Isointense	Obviously homogeneous	Yes	Yes	5.5 × 4.2 × 2.0
2	T11 vertebral body and posterior elements	Lobulated	Ill-defined	Osteolytic	Yes	Yes	43	Isointense	Isointense	Obviously homogeneous	Yes	Yes	6.5 × 5.1 × 1.8
3	T10 vertebral body	Lobulated	Well-defined	Osteolytic	Yes	No	61	Isointense	Miscellany intensity	Obviously heterogeneous	Yes	No	3.4 × 3.4 × 2.4
4	C2-C3 vertebral body	Irregular	Ill-defined	Osteolytic	No	No	54	–	–	Obviously homogeneous	No	Yes	2.3 × 2.0 × 1.4
5	T10-L1 vertebral body and posterior elements	Lobulated	Well-defined	Osteolytic	No	No	50	Isointense	Miscellany intensity	–	No	Yes	4.1 × 5.9 × 11.0
6	C4 vertebral body and posterior elements	Lobulated	Ill-defined	Osteolytic	Yes	No	58	Isointense	Isointense	obviously homogeneous	No	Yes	3.4 × 3.5 × 2.4
7	T11-T12 vertebral body and posterior elements	Lobulated	Ill-defined	Expansive	Yes	No	40	Isointense	Isointense	–	Yes	Yes	7.3 × 6.5 × 9.6
8	T7-T8 posterior elements	Lobulated	Ill-defined	Expansive	Yes	No	39	Isointense	Isointense	–	No	No	3.6 × 3.2 × 5.7
9	T11 posterior elements	Lobulated	Ill-defined	Osteolytic	No	No	37	Isointense	Isointense	obviously homogeneous	No	No	2.5 × 1.0 × 5.1
10	C2 vertebral body and posterior elements	Lobulated	Ill-defined	Expansive	Yes	No	59	Isointense	Isointense	obviously homogeneous	No	Yes	2.7 × 3.3 × 2.3
11	Multiple vertebral bodies	Irregular	Ill-defined	Osteolytic	No	Yes	60	Isointense	Isointense	–	No	No	–

The patient number in Table 2 is consistent with that in Table 1

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