Fig. 1From: Successful total en bloc spondylectomy of the L3 vertebra with a paravertebral giant cell tumor following preoperative treatment with denosumab: a case reporta, b Computed tomography prior to denosumab treatment, showing an osteolytic lesion involving the L3 vertebral body, which collapsed and expanded into the left side of the iliopsoas muscle (arrowhead). c, d T2-weighted magnetic resonance images prior to denosumab therapy, showing the tumor extending toward the left side of the paravertebral soft tissue (arrowhead). T2WI T2-weighted imageBack to article page