title: Subpial schwannoma of the cervical spinal cord mimicking an intramedullary tumor.
abstract: We report a rare case of a subpial schwannoma of the cervical cord mimicking an intramedullary tumor in a 65-year-old woman. The magnetic resonance imaging findings are presented and discussed.
authors.affiliation: PET Center, Nakatsu Saiseikai Hospital, 2-10-39 Shibata, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0012, Japan. ozawa@nakatsu.saiseikai.or.jp
authors.forename: Nozomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tashiro
authors.forename: Terue
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohata
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery