Musculoskeletal Imaging - Pictorial Essay

Clinical, pathological, and imaging characteristics of primitive neuroectodermal tumors of the spine

10.5152/dir.2013.13061

  • Hong Guobin,
  • Gu Lingjing,
  • Ding Xianglian,
  • Song Liqing,
  • Peng Hong,
  • Xu Qilan

Received Date: 12.02.2013 Accepted Date: 15.07.2013 Diagn Interv Radiol 2014;20(2):166-171

Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) located in the spine are extremely rare, and information concerning these tumors in the medical literature is limited to single case reports. This pictorial essay presents the clinical, pathological, and imaging characteristics of PNET of the spine.