Cervical spinal meningioma with unusual MR contrast enhancement

A 16-year-old girl had progressive neck pain and weakness in the left hand. MR images showed a dumbbell-shaped spinal tumor with a prominently enhancing intradural component and a minimally enhancing extradural component. Pathologic examination revealed a meningioma with an intradural transitional c...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of neuroradiology : AJNR 1998-06, Vol.19 (6), p.1040-1042
Hauptverfasser:	Yoshiura, T, Shrier, DA, Pilcher, WH, Rubio, A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Case Reports Diagnosis, Differential Dura Mater - pathology Female Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Medical sciences Meningeal Neoplasms - diagnosis Meningeal Neoplasms - pathology Meningeal Neoplasms - surgery Meningioma - diagnosis Meningioma - pathology Meningioma - surgery Neurologic Examination Neurology Spinal Cord Compression - diagnosis Spinal Cord Compression - pathology Spinal Cord Compression - surgery Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses
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Zusammenfassung:	A 16-year-old girl had progressive neck pain and weakness in the left hand. MR images showed a dumbbell-shaped spinal tumor with a prominently enhancing intradural component and a minimally enhancing extradural component. Pathologic examination revealed a meningioma with an intradural transitional component and an extradural syncytial component. The tumor showed no significant cystic change or necrosis.
ISSN:	0195-6108 1936-959X