MR imaging of intradural tumors of the cervical spine.
MR imaging is the modality of choice for intradural spinal tumors because of its unsurpassed depiction of soft tissues, the use of intravenous contrast, the absence of beam-hardening artifacts, and the ability to image in multiple planes. Intradural tumors are classified as intradural-extramedullary and intradural-intramedullary. MR imaging techniques that best depict these tumors are reviewed, and several examples of tumors are described and illustrated.
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Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine; and Director, Neuroimaging, Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA. rrlee@unm.edu
D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D003287:Contrast Media; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D018325:Hemangioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
D003287:Contrast Media