Calcification of spinal cord tumors: report of two cases

Two cases of calcification of spinal cord tumors were detected by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The first; a 27-year-old male, with a very rare astrocytoma accompanied by calcification of the thoracic spinal cord, and the second; a 62-year-old female, with a rare calcified neur...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nihon geka hokan. Archiv fur japanische Chirurgie 1989-01, Vol.58 (1), p.140-146
Hauptverfasser:	Shikata, J, Yamamuro, T, Iida, H, Kashiwagi, N
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Astrocytoma - pathology Calcinosis - pathology Female Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Middle Aged Neurilemmoma - pathology Spinal Cord Neoplasms - pathology Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	Two cases of calcification of spinal cord tumors were detected by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The first; a 27-year-old male, with a very rare astrocytoma accompanied by calcification of the thoracic spinal cord, and the second; a 62-year-old female, with a rare calcified neurilemmoma in the upper cervical extradural space. The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the fact that some spinal cord tumors occasionally contain areas of calcification, and review the literature on this subject.
ISSN:	0003-9152