Laredo J D, el Quessar A, Bossard P, Vuillemin-Bodaghi V
Service de Radiologie Ostéo-Articulaire, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
Radiol Clin North Am. 2001 Jan;39(1):137-63, vi. doi: 10.1016/s0033-8389(05)70267-0.
This article discusses lesions that may present as vertebral tumors at radiologic examination. Conditions are discussed in order of decreasing frequency: pseudotumoral lesions, vertebral metastases, bone marrow diseases, and primary vertebral tumors, which are relatively uncommon. The differential diagnosis between nontraumatic benign and malignant vertebral collapses is also discussed.