title: Computer tomographic evaluation of cervical astrocytoma.
abstract: The case of a 35-year-old woman with a cystic astrocytoma of the cervical spinal cord is presented. The use of CT investigations is stressed. The value of reformatting procedures in regard to the differential diagnosis is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed