Giant paraganglioma of the cauda equina in adolescence: magnetic resonance imaging demonstration.
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.
Wolansky
L J
LJ
Department of Radiology/UH C-320, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark 07103, USA.
Stewart
V A
VA
Pramanik
B K
BK
Heary
R F
RF
Cho
E S
ES
Schulder
M
M
Pak
J
J
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*