Imaging appearance of subependymoma: a rare tumor of the cord.
Subependymoma of the cord are rare tumors with very few cases described in the literature. They represent a diagnostic dilemma as far as imaging and histopathology is concerned. They are biologically benign with low proliferative index, hence postoperative prognosis is very good. We present a case of a 42-year-old male patient with an intramedullary Subependymoma located within the central canal of thoracic region cord. On imaging with T1-weighted and T2-weighted sequences it mimicked syringohydromyelia, however, on heavily T2-weighted images the tumor located within the central canal could be delineated. The tumor was excised with complete recovery.
Yadav
R K
RK
Department of Radiology, Pt. BDS PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India. rohtasyadav@yahoo.com
Agarwal
S
S
Saini
J
J
Sharma
N K
NK
D018315:Glioma, Subependymal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae