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In Vivo Proton Spectroscopy of Giant Cell Tumor of the Bone

¹ Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
³ Department of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

OBJECTIVE. The proton MR spectroscopic finding of elevated choline has been reported to be useful in the differentiation of malignant from benign musculoskeletal tumors. This study was designed to evaluate the MR spectroscopy features of giant cell tumor (GCT) of the bone, primarily to determine whether the presence of choline is a frequent occurrence in these tumors and whether MR spectroscopy features can be correlated with clinical, radiologic, and histopathologic findings.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS. MRI, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI, and proton MR spectroscopy were performed in 33 patients with bone tumors on a 1.5-T MR scanner. Of these, 12 patients who had GCT of the bone form the subject material for this study. Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and single-voxel proton MR spectroscopy were performed after preliminary evaluation with radiography. Patients were divided into two groups, those with elevated choline levels and those without a choline peak on MR spectroscopy. The clinical and radiologic features, including the Campanacci stage and dynamic MRI findings, were compared in these two groups. Core biopsy was performed in all patients, and in 10 of 12 patients, histopathologic evaluation of the postoperative resected specimen was also performed.

RESULTS. Although all 12 tumors were benign on histopathology, four had elevated choline levels. Of these, three (75%) had an aggressive radiographic appearance (Campanacci stage 3). As opposed to this, only three of the eight (37.5%) tumors without a choline peak had an aggressive radiographic appearance. Except for a single case, all tumors showed early enhancement and washout of contrast material on dynamic MRI.

CONCLUSION. The results of this study indicate that GCT of bone may show raised choline levels on proton MR spectroscopy. This finding is not an indicator of malignancy in these tumors.

Keywords: bone • giant cell tumor • MR spectroscopy • musculoskeletal imaging

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