Abstract
Benign spinal cord compression is most commonly due to osteophytes or disk herniation into the spinal canal. PET/MR imaging serves as a growing modality to further diagnose and prognosticate metastatic spinal cord compression.
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Pouldar, D., Matthews, R. (2018). Benign Spinal Cord Compression. In: PET/MR Imaging . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65106-4_10
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