Imaging Findings of Vertebral Eosinophilic Granuloma(An Analysis of 10 Cases) / 实用放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To improve the understanding of the radioactive charcteristics of vertebral eosinophilic granuloma.Methods The imaging features (X-ray?CT and MRI) of 10 cases with vertebral eosinophilic granuloma were retrospectively analyzed.Diagnoses of all the patients had been confirmed with pathlolgical examination after operation.Results All the patients had vertebral body damages,7 with osteolytic damages and 3 with cystic damages.Intervertebral crevice became narrowing or disappearing .Some vertebral appendix and paravertebral soft tissue were involved.Conclusion It is out of proportion among the vertebral body damages,the involved vertedral arch,the changes of intervertebral crevice and the mass of paravertebral soft tissue.The remaining bone fragment without sequestrum in the damage ares is considered as the main characteristic expression of vertebral eosinophilic granuloma.