Magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosis of non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas of the spine with spinal cord compression

MRI features of 5 patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHLs) of the spine with spinal cord compression were studied. It was revealed that NHLs of the spine were characterized by the predominantly homogeneous extraosseous component of soft-tissue density tending to spread to the adjacent vertebrae through the ligaments of the spinal column, lytic cortical layer destruction with the «wrap-around» sign, and the geographic pattern within the affected vertebrae. Compression myelopathy was observed in the spinal stenosis greater than 40 % of its anatomic width.

• A.S. Nered N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation ; ФГБУ «Российский онкологический научный центр им. Н.Н. Блохина» РАМН, Москва, Российская Федерация
• N.V. Kochergina N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation ; ФГБУ «Российский онкологический научный центр им. Н.Н. Блохина» РАМН, Москва, Российская Федерация
• A.B. Bludov N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation ; ФГБУ «Российский онкологический научный центр им. Н.Н. Блохина» РАМН, Москва, Российская Федерация
• Ya.A. Zamogilnaya N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation ; ФГБУ «Российский онкологический научный центр им. Н.Н. Блохина» РАМН, Москва, Российская Федерация
• A.K. Valiyev N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation ; ФГБУ «Российский онкологический научный центр им. Н.Н. Блохина» РАМН, Москва, Российская Федерация
• K.A. Borzov N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation ; ФГБУ «Российский онкологический научный центр им. Н.Н. Блохина» РАМН, Москва, Российская Федерация
• E.R. Musayev N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation ; ФГБУ «Российский онкологический научный центр им. Н.Н. Блохина» РАМН, Москва, Российская Федерация

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