Clinical,pathological, and imaging characteristics of primitive neuroectodermal tumors of the spine |
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| Authors: | Hong Guobin Gu Lingjing Ding Xianglian Song Liqing Peng Hong Xu Qilan |
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| Institution: | From the Department of Radiology (H.G. , G.L., D.X., S.L., P.H., X.Q.), Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China; the Department of Radiology (G.L.), Zhuhai People’s Hospital, Third Affiliated Hospital, Ji’nan University, Zhuhai, China. |
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| Abstract: | 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.Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) are malignant tumors thought to arise from the neural ectoderm and comprise undifferentiated small round cells (1–3). PNETs located in the spine are extremely rare, and information concerning these tumors in the medical literature is limited to single case reports (4–5). This pictorial essay presents the clinical, pathological, and imaging characteristics of PNET of the spine. |
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