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The case of a 64-year-old woman with a leiomyosarcoma arising from the upper thoracic spinal dura mater is presented: the CT and magnetic resonance image features are reported.
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Kidooka, M., Okada, T., Takayama, S. et al. Primary leiomyosarcoma of the spinal dura mater. Neuroradiology 33, 173–174 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588262
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588262