Authors: You Seon Song In Sook Lee Jae Hyuck Yi Kil Ho Cho Do Kyung Kim Jong Woon Song
Publish Date: 2010/12/29
Volume: 40, Issue: 11, Pages: 1421-1426
Abstract
The images of nine patients with pathologically proven LCH five men and four women mean age 3711 years were retrospectively reviewed Imaging analysis was confined to the long and flat bones CT scans were performed in five patients and MR imaging was performed in eight Images were assessed for the following features on CT and MRI the location and number of lesions the presence of cortical destruction endosteal scalloping and a periosteal reaction on CT or MRI the margin of soft tissue masses the presence of bone marrow edema and a “budding” appearance on MRI and the presence of sclerotic margins or septations on CTThe involved skeletal sites were the pelvis seven femurs five humeri two tibias two fibula one clavicle one scapula one and sternum one Endosteal scalloping a periosteal reaction and a budding appearance were common on MRI or CT images Although cortical destruction and the soft tissue lesion formation were rare soft tissue masses had welldefined margins
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