| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Medical Imaging, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, USA;2. Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA;3. Department of Radiology, Children's Health Orange County, Orange, California, USA;4. Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;5. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA;6. Department of Radiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA;7. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA;8. Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Abstract: | Childhood spinal tumors are rare. Tumors can involve the spinal cord, the meninges, bony spine, and the paraspinal tissue. Optimized imaging should be utilized to evaluate tumors arising from specific spinal compartments. This paper provides consensus-based recommendations for optimized imaging of tumors arising from specific spinal compartments at diagnosis, follow-up during and after therapy, and response assessment. |
