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. 2019 Apr;9(4):565–578. doi: 10.21037/qims.2019.03.17

Table 2. Imaging features of CT and MRI when GSS was diagnosed.

Case Span of osteolysis [No.] Wedging of vertebral body [No.] T1 weighted of MRI T2 weighted of MRI Intraspinal hematoma Spinal cord or nerve compression Paravertebral muscle involvement
1 C7–L3 [16] T7–T9 [3] Hyperintense Hyperintense Y N N
2 T6–L2 [9] T9–T12 [4] Hyperintense Hyperintense N Y Y
3 C4–T7 [11] T3–T5 [3] Hyperintense Hyperintense N Y N
4 T2–T10 [9] T4–T6, T8, T10 [5] Hyperintense Hyperintense N N Y
5 T2–T7 [6] T3–T5 [3] Hyperintense Hyperintense N Y Y
6 T8–L5 [10] T11–T12, L3–L4 [4] Hyperintense Hyperintense Y Y Y
7 T3–L1 [11] T7–T8 [2] Hyperintense Hyperintense N N Y
8 T10–L3 [6] L1–L3 [3] Hyperintense Hyperintense N N N
9 T2–T9 [8] T7–T8 [2] Hyperintense Hyperintense N Y Y
10 C4–T5 [9] T1–T4 [4] Hyperintense Hyperintense N Y Y
11 T7–S4 [15] T8–L2 [7] Hyperintense Hyperintense N N N

CT, computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; GSS, Gorham-Stout syndrome; No., the number of involved vertebrae; 
Y, yes; N, no.