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Assessment of Postoperative Posttreatment Changes: General Considerations

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Imaging of Primary Tumors of the Osseous Spine

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Abstract

This chapter deals with the general principles of posttreatment imaging of tumors of the osseous spine. Prerequisites for post-therapeutic imaging include clinical presentation and familiarity with the tumor histology, surgical technique, previous radio- or chemotherapy, and access to the preoperative imaging. The recommended time interval for local and distant posttreatment imaging depends on the tumor histology.

MRI is the preferred technique for local surveillance and should include conventional MRI, diffusion-weighted imaging, and dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging. In the presence of metal implants, the imaging parameters should be adjusted.

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  1. 2nd Department of Radiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Chaidari, Greece

    Olympia Papakonstantinou

  2. Department of Radiology, AZ Sint-Maarten Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium

    Filip Vanhoenacker

  3. University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Filip Vanhoenacker

  4. University Antwerp, Ghent, Belgium

    Filip Vanhoenacker

  5. Division of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Iris-Melanie Nöebauer-Huhmann

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Papakonstantinou, O., Vanhoenacker, F., Nöebauer-Huhmann, IM. (2024). Assessment of Postoperative Posttreatment Changes: General Considerations. In: Ladeb, M.F., Vanhoenacker, F. (eds) Imaging of Primary Tumors of the Osseous Spine. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2024_480

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