title: Giant paraganglioma of the cauda equina in adolescence: magnetic resonance imaging demonstration.
abstract: A case of giant paraganglioma of the cauda equina is presented. This is only the second reported case in a minor and the first with magnetic resonance imaging. At 13 cm long, this is the largest paraganglioma of the cauda equina ever recorded.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology/UH C-320, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark 07103, USA.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Wolansky
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Pramanik
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Heary
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schulder
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*