Intramedullary schwannoma of the spinal cord: report of two cases.
We report magnetic resonance findings in the intramedullary schwannoma of the cervical spinal cord in two patients. In both cases, the solid portions of the tumours enhanced intensely after administration of Gd-DTPA and the enhanced border was sharply delineated from the adjacent spinal cord. Schwannomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of intramedullary tumours when magnetic resonance images show a strongly enhancing mass with sharply delineated borders.
Kodama
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Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University, School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. ykodama@radi.med.hokudai.ac.jp
Terae
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Hida
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Chu
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Kaneko
K
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Miyasaka
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K
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA