Eosinophilic granuloma - spine

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard , 3 Feb 2010
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Bruno Di Muzio, 15 Oct 2019

Updates to Case Attributes

Title was changed:
Eosinophilic granuloma - spine
Age was set to 11 years.
Gender was set to Male.

Systems changed:

  • Spine

Updates to Link Attributes

Title was removed:
Eosinophilic granuloma
Type was removed.
Visible was set to .

Updates to Primarylink Attributes

Updates to Study Attributes

Caption was added:
Spine
Findings was changed:

There is T12 vertebral body height loss associated with abnormal marrow signal (low T1 and patchy elevated T2 signal) and breach of the anterior column of the vertebra.

Images Changes:

Image MRI (T2) ( update )

Perspective was set to Sagittal.
Description was removed:
Eosinophilic granuloma : T2

Image MRI (T1) ( update )

Perspective was set to Sagittal.
Description was removed:
Eosinophilic granuloma : T1

Image MRI (T1 C+) ( update )

Perspective was set to Axial.
Description was removed:
Eosinophilic granuloma : T1 C+

Image MRI (T2) ( update )

Perspective was set to Axial.
Description was removed:
Eosinophilic granuloma : T2

Updates to Study Attributes

Caption was added:
Bone scan
Findings was changed:

Bone scan reveals that this is a single lesion confined only to the T12 vertebral body.

Images Changes:

Image Nuclear medicine ( update )

Description was removed:
Eosinophilic granuloma

Updates to Study Attributes

Caption was added:
Thoracolumbar transition
Findings was changed:

There is T12 height loss and anterior wedging with evidence of fracture/destruction of its anterior column.

Images Changes:

Image X-ray (Frontal) ( update )

Perspective was set to Frontal.
Description was removed:
Eosinophilic granuloma

Image X-ray (Lateral) ( update )

Perspective was set to Lateral.
Description was removed:
Eosinophilic granuloma

Updates to Study Attributes

Caption was added:
Thoracolumbar transition
Findings was changed:

There is T12 height loss and anterior wedging with evidence of bone destruction of its anterior column and a soft tissue component.

Images Changes:

Image CT (bone window) ( update )

Perspective was set to Axial.
Specifics was set to bone window.

Image CT (non-contrast) ( update )

Perspective was set to Axial.
Specifics was set to non-contrast.

Image CT (bone window) ( update )

Specifics was set to bone window.
Perspective was set to Sagittal.

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