Ventral spinal tumor: the value of computed tomography in its localization.
We are reporting a case of a ventrally placed intradural meningioma at the C-7, T-1 level that was shown clearly on a computed tomographic scan without the use of metrizamide. This greatly facilitated the planning of our posterolateral approach, which permitted a complete removal of the tumor with minimal manipulation of the spinal cord.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed