The value of MR imaging in prevention of unsuccessful back surgery. A case report.
MR imaging helped in diagnosing a spinal schwannoma, and intradural space surgery was thus avoided.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Numune Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
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D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery