====== Vertebral body mass ======

===== Differential diagnosis =====


The differential diagnosis for a [[vertebral body]] mass is broad and may range from a completely [[benign]], sclerotic enostosis (bone island) to a [[malignant]] [[primary bone tumor]].

===== Classification =====

Broadly, these lesions can be separated into:

non-neoplastic lesions

[[primary bone tumor]]s

secondary [[metastatic disease]]

Non-neoplastic lesions

[[aneurysmal bone cyst]] (<2%)

neural arch (60%); vertebral body (40%)

Brown tumor (an osteoclast reaction in hyperparathyroidism)

enostosis

vertebral hemangioma

===== Primary bone tumors =====

see [[Primary bone tumors of the spine]]