MRI of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors and Tumorlike Lesions

Differential Diagnosis Tables1 Tumors and tumorlike lesions involving the skull and facial bones2 Tumors and tumorlike lesions involving the spine3 Paraspinal tumors and tumorlike lesions4 Lesions involving the outer surface of bone5 Lesions associated with thickening of bone cortex6 Intramedullary lesions associated with expansion of intact cortical margins7 Intramedullary lesions associated with cortical destruction and extraosseous extension8 Solitary intramedullary lesions with well-circumscribed margins9 Solitary intramedullary lesions with poorly-defined margins of abnormal marrow signal10 Solitary intramedullary lesions located near the ends of tubular bones11 Solitary intramedullary metadiaphyseal lesions12 Solitary intramedullary diaphyseal lesions13 Osseous tumors and tumorlike lesions at the hands and feet14 Diffuse, multiple, poorly defined and/or multifocal zones of abnormal marrow signal15 Lesions that contain cartilage16 Tumors and tumorlike lesions within joints17 Solitary tumors and tumorlike lesions of the soft tissues located mostly deep to the subcutaneous fat18 Tumors and tumorlike lesions of the superficial soft tissues including subcutaneous fat19 Lesions involving peripheral nervous tissue20 Lesions that contain fatAtlasA 1 AdamantinomaA 2 Aneurysmal Bone CystA 3 Bone CystA 4 AngiofibromaA 5 Angiomatoid Fibrous HistiocytomaA 6 AngiosarcomaA 7 ChondroblastomaA 8 Chondroma, Intramedullary Type: EnchondromaA 9 Chondroma, Periosteal or Juxtacortical TypeA 10 Chondromyxoid FibromaA 11 ChondrosarcomaA 12 ChordomaA 13 Dermatofibrosarcoma and Dermatofibrosarcoma ProtuberansA 14 DermatomyositisA 15 Dermoid and EpidermoidA 16 Desmoid TumorA 17 ElastofibromaA 18 Eosinophilic GranulomaA 19 Erdheim-Chester DiseaseA 20 Ewing SarcomaA 21 Nodular FasciitisA 22 Fibrolipomatous HamartomaA 23 Fibroma of the Tendon SheathA 24 Solitary Fibrous TumorA 25 FibrosarcomaA 26 Fibrous Cortical Defect and Nonossifying FibromaA 27 Fibrous DysplasiaA 28 GeodeA 29 Giant Cell Tumor of BoneA 30 Giant Cell Tumor of the Tendon Sheath and/or Soft TissueA 31 Glomus TumorA 32 GoutA 33 HemangioendotheliomaA 34 HemangiomasA 35 HemangiopericytomaA 36 Hematoma, Morel-Lavallee Lesion, and Hemophilic PseudotumorA 37 Bone and Muscle InfarctA 38 Kaposi SarcomaA 39 LeiomyomaA 40 LeiomyosarcomaA 41 LeukemiaA 42 LipoblastomaA 43 Lipoma, Atypical Lipoma, and HibernomaA 44 LiposarcomaA 45 Liposclerosing Myxofibrous TumorA 46 LymphangiomaA 47 LymphomaA 48 Malignant Fibrous HistiocytomaA 49 MeningiomaA 50 Metastatic LesionsA 51 Morton NeuromaA 52 Multiple MyelomaA 53 Myositis OssificansA 54 MyxomaA 55 Neuroblastoma, Ganglioneuroblastoma, and GanglioneuromaA 56 Neurofibroma and Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath TumorA 57 Traumatic NeuromaA 58 OsteochondromaA 59 Osteofibrous DysplasiaA 60 Osteoid OsteomaA 61 OsteoblastomaA 62 Osteoma, Enostosis, Osteopoikilosis, and MelorheostosisA 63 OsteomyelitisA 64 OsteosarcomaA 65 Paget DiseaseA 66 ParagangliomaA 67 Pigmented Villonodular SynovitisA 68 Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic TumorA 69 RhabdomyosarcomaA 70 Rheumatoid ArthritisA 71 SarcoidA 72 SchwannomaA 73 Synovial ChondromatosisA 74 Synovial CystA 75 Synovial SarcomaA 76 TeratomaA 77 Xanthoma