title: MR imaging of intradural tumors of the cervical spine.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media