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Outline and learning objectives Primary tumors

- to review the anatomy/pathology of the epidural space Filip M. Vanhoenacker

- to learn about imaging signs of primary tumors of the osseous spine University Hospital Antwerp General Hospital St-Maarten Mechelen - to review the most frequent benign and malignant tumors of the osseous spine

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Essential anatomy of the epidural space Essential anatomy of the epidural space

Anterior epidural space “Virtual” space between dural sac and vertebral walls Posterior longitudinal ligament at disk space Extent: foramen magnum- • broad • tight adherence

Anterior epidural space Posterior longitudinal ligament at vertebral Posterior (posterolateral) body epidural space • lateral fibrovascular complex (veins): loose neurographics.org • septum medium: tight

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Essential pathology of the epidural space Essential pathology of the epidural space

Anatomic barrier of Anatomic barrier of septum medium and septum medium and lateral expansions lateral expansions

Curtain sign on imaging Curtain sign on imaging • tumors • tumors • infections • infections • preferential lateral • preferential lateral migration of disk migration of disk extrusions extrusions • trauma: lateral • trauma: lateral fragments fragments

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1 Essential pathology of the epidural space Essential pathology of the epidural space

Anatomic barrier of Anatomic barrier of septum medium and septum medium and lateral expansions lateral expansions

Curtain sign on imaging Curtain sign on imaging • tumors • tumors • infections • infections • preferential lateral • preferential lateral migration of disk migration of disk extrusions extrusions • trauma: lateral • trauma: lateral fragments fragments

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Essential pathology of the epidural space Imaging strategy

Anatomic barrier of • (Clinical information (age!)) septum medium and lateral expansions • Multiplicity?

Curtain sign on imaging • Topography • tumors • infections • Matrix • preferential lateral migration of disk • Contour (borders) extrusions • trauma: lateral • Other signs fragments

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Imaging strategy Imaging strategy

•Clinical information • Age!

- young (osteoid , ABC, Ewing ) - middle-aged (GCT) - elderly ()

• Other symptoms

- benign lesions: mostly asymptomatic - malignant lesions: often symptomatic - more frequent in children - depending on location and extension - depending on type of tumor: , aggressive hemangioma, malignancies

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2 Imaging strategy Imaging strategy • Topography: body vs posterior elements •Multiplicity: think of mets, MM, Lymphoma, systemic disease

Malignant Exceptions mets hemangioma myeloma EG lymphoma enostosis chordoma GCT

Benign Exceptions OO chondrosarc osteosarc ABC Ewing’s sarc

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Imaging strategy Imaging strategy • Topography: body vs posterior elements • Topography: body vs posterior elements

Osteoid Osteoma

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Imaging strategy Imaging strategy

• Topography: preferential segmental location • Topography: cervical spine

-cervical spine: osteoblastoma, ABC, (C2)

-thoracic spine: hemangioma, enostosis (T1-T7), ABC,

-lumbar spine: enostosis (L2-L3), osteoid osteoma

- sacral spine: chordoma, GCT, Ewing’s sarcoma, plasmocytoma, lymphoma

Osteoblastoma

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3 Imaging strategy Imaging strategy

• Topography: thoracic spine • Topography: sacral spine

hemangioma chordoma

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Imaging strategy Imaging strategy

• Topography: sacral spine • Topography: sacral spine

plasmocytoma GCT 21 22

Imaging strategy Imaging strategy

• Matrix • Matrix -osseous -osseous

enostosis enostosis osteoid osteoma osteoid osteoma osteoblastoma osteoblastoma a b -cartilaginous -cartilaginous

chondrosarcoma chondrosarcoma osteochondroma osteochondroma

-ground glass -ground glass c d fibrous dysplasia fibrous dyplasia Image courtesy of prof. Ladeb M.F. 23 24

4 Imaging strategy Imaging strategy

• Matrix • Matrix -osseous -osseous

enostosis enostosis osteoid osteoma osteoid osteoma osteoblastoma osteoblastoma

-cartilaginous -cartilaginous

chondrosarcoma chondrosarcoma osteochondroma osteochondroma chordoma -ground glass -ground glass Chordoma with ring-and-arc-like fibrous dyplasia fibrous dyplasia enhancement

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Imaging strategy Imaging strategy

• Matrix • Contour (borders) and soft tissue extension -osseous -Geographic:benign enostosis • hemangioma osteoid osteoma • enostosis osteoblastoma • osteoid osteoma • osteoblastoma -cartilaginous • ABC

chondrosarcoma -moth-eaten or permeative : malignant osteochondroma • Ewing sarcoma

-ground glass -Soft tissue extension: malignant (mets, ES, chordoma) and some “aggressive” benign (osteoblastoma, GCT, aggressive fibrous dyplasia hemangioma)

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Imaging strategy Imaging strategy

• Contour (borders) and soft tissue extension • Contour (borders) and soft tissue extension

Metastasis ABC Ewing’s sarcoma Agressive hemangioma

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5 Imaging strategy Imaging strategy • Other signs -Fluid-fluid levels: ABC, teleangiectatic • Fluid-fluid levels

-Nidus: osteoid osteoma

-Vertical striations: hemangioma

-Brush border: enostosis

-Expansion: ABC, osteoblastoma, aggressive hemangioma, osteochondroma

-Signal intensity and enhancement pattern on MRI

-Attenuation on CT: enostosis vs osteoblastic

-Relative sparing of the disc space: EG, chordoma

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Imaging strategy Imaging strategy

• Nidus • Vertical striations/polka dot

Hemangioma Osteoid osteoma

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Imaging strategy Imaging strategy

• Brush border and CT density • Expansion

Ulano A, et al. AJR 2016; 207:362–368

Aggressive haemangioma

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6 Imaging strategy Imaging strategy

Signal intensity Signal intensity and enhancement pattern on MRI

. SI . high SI on T1: hemangioma (fat within the lesion), EG . low SI on T2-WI: GCT, enostosis

. Ring-and-arc-like enhancement: chondroid

Hemangioma GCT 37 38

Imaging strategy Imaging strategy

Signal intensity Signal intensity

Giant cell tumor NHL 39 40

Imaging strategy Imaging strategy

• Preserved disk • Preserved disk

Eosinophilic granuloma GCT

Chordoma

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7 Most frequent Primary Tumors of Osseous Spine

Benign Malignant

Hemangioma Myeloproliferative tumors: Enostosis (bone island) Osteoid osteoma lymphoma Osteoblastoma Non-myeloproliferative tumors: (ABC) Chordoma Giant cell tumor (GCT) Ewing sarcoma Eosinophilic granuloma Chondrosarcoma Osteochondroma

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Frequent benign Primary Tumors of Osseous Spine Differential diagnosis

Pans S, et al. JBR-BTR 2005

Osteoporotic fracture (Kümmel) 45 46

Differential diagnosis Conclusion

Extradural tumor: first think of metastasis, myeloma and lymphoma

Characterization • different parameters • multimodality approach

MRI useful for staging

Avoid unnecessary work-ups of benign lesions and facilitate treatment and management of aggressive lesions Multifocal TB Consider other Ddx (infection,osteopo…) 47 48

8 References

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• Rossi A, Gandolfo C, Morana G, Tortori-Donati P. Tumors of the Spine in Children. Neuroimaging Clinics of North America. 2007;17(1):17-33

• Drapé JL, Anract P, Rodali MH, et al. Tumeurs Spécifiques du Rachis: Aspects Diagnostiques et Thérapeutiques. In: Le Rachis; Getroa-Gel, Opus XXXV. 2008; pp 257-281

•Kahn SHM, De Schepper AM. Primary Tumors of the Osseous Spine. In: Van Goethem J, et al. Spinal Imaging. Sprineger-Verlag. 2007; pp 475-500

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