Large thoracocervical intraspinal neuroma: unusual clinical and neuroradiological findings.
The clinical and radiological findings of a giant cystic intraspinal cervical tumour are presented. Symptoms and signs suggesting a polyneuropathy were misleading. On myelography the tumour appeared as a solid mass, but its size was distinctly underestimated. MRI demonstrated the true extent (from C4 to T4) and the cystic structure of the tumour. The histo-pathological diagnosis was fibrillary neuroma (WHO grade I).
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Department of Neuroradiology, RWTH, Aachen, Germany.
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D000368:Aged; D015174:Epidural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004824:Epidural Space / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009463:Neuroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed