MR imaging features of pigmented villonodular synovitis of the cervical spine

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2004 Jan;25(1):146-9.

Abstract

Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a benign proliferative disorder primarily occurring in the large joints of the appendicular skeleton such as the knee and hip joints. We present an unusual case of PVNS involving the cervical spine in an adult. MR imaging showed an enhancing mass lesion arising from the posterior elements of the cervical spine and hyperintensity on the T2-weighted images, without evidence of T2 susceptibility effects. Gross total excision of the tumor was performed, and the diagnosis was established by histopathology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Back Pain / diagnostic imaging
  • Back Pain / etiology
  • Back Pain / therapy
  • Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal / diagnostic imaging
  • Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal / therapy
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Bone Neoplasms / therapy
  • Cervical Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cervical Vertebrae / pathology*
  • Cervical Vertebrae / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Progression
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / diagnostic imaging
  • Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / therapy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Muscle Weakness / diagnostic imaging
  • Muscle Weakness / etiology
  • Muscle Weakness / therapy
  • Neck Pain / diagnostic imaging
  • Neck Pain / etiology
  • Neck Pain / therapy
  • Osteoblastoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteoblastoma / therapy
  • Polyvinyl Alcohol / therapeutic use
  • Radiography
  • Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / therapy

Substances

  • Polyvinyl Alcohol