Nonenhancing Spinal Subdural Metastatic Tumor

We describe a case of a spinal subdural metastatic tumor that became rapidly symptomatic after a minor trauma, as a result of severe cord compression and cord hemorrhage. On MR imaging, the lesion was oval, hyperintense with a dark rim on T2-weighted fast spin-echo images, isointense to the cord on...

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Published inAmerican Journal of Neuroradiology Vol. 26; no. 9; pp. 2406 - 2409
Main Authors Rumboldt, Zoran, Lambert, Lara, Talan-Hranilovic, Jasna, Marjan, Domagoj, Sajko, Tomislav
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oak Brook, IL Am Soc Neuroradiology 01.10.2005
American Society of Neuroradiology
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Biological and medical sciences
Cervical Vertebrae
Female
Humans
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nervous system
Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry
Spinal Cord Compression - diagnosis
Spinal Cord Compression - etiology
Spinal Cord Neoplasms - complications
Spinal Cord Neoplasms - diagnosis
Spinal Cord Neoplasms - secondary
Spine
Subdural Space
Subdural
Nervous system diseases
Malignant tumor
Metastasis
Radiodiagnosis
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Summary:We describe a case of a spinal subdural metastatic tumor that became rapidly symptomatic after a minor trauma, as a result of severe cord compression and cord hemorrhage. On MR imaging, the lesion was oval, hyperintense with a dark rim on T2-weighted fast spin-echo images, isointense to the cord on T1-weighted images, and had dark and bright areas on gradient-echo T2*-weighted images, consistent with a hyperacute-to-acute hematoma. The hemorrhagic tumor showed no evidence of contrast enhancement.
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ISSN:0195-6108
1936-959X
1432-1920