Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography are the preferred imaging modalities for evaluating sacral masses. This pictorial review will highlight imaging features of common …

Treatment for a primary malignant sacral tumor may include chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery, depending on factors including tumor histology, cancer staging, anatomic extent of …

2021年9月19日 · A very wide range of lesions can occur in and around the sacrum.

Patients with sacral tumors present with nonspecific symptoms, including pain, palpable mass, and neurologic deficits. The purpose of CT and MR imaging is to define the anatomic origin, …

2017年10月25日 · Chordoma is a bone cancer that belongs to the sarcoma family. About 50% of chordomas occur in the sacrum, the bone at the base of the spine that forms part of the pelvis. …

2014年2月1日 · Chordomas can occur at any age, but they are more common in adults, with a median age at diagnosis of 49 for skull base chordomas and 69 for sacral chordomas. The …

On MRI, the lesions appear as a lobulated mass with heterogeneous hypo- to isointense signal on T1-weighed images, hyperintense signal on T2-weighted sequences (Figure 2). Moderate …