Sclerotic lumbar chordoma: A case report

Solitary Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of Lumbar Vertebra Mimicking Metastatic Malignancy

“…Nevertheless, it is difficult to correctly interpret a solitary spinal increased FDG uptake. Various etiologies have also been well described, including metastatic glioblastoma, chordoma, lymphoma, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Rosai-Dorfman disease, and giant cell tumor 9–14 . The current case indicates that MPNST should be considered as one of the possible causes when a solitary high FDG uptake in vertebra lesion was noted on PET/CT images.…”