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Spinal neural foraminal widening is usually caused by benign lesions, most commonly neurofibromas. Rare lesions can also cause spinal neural foraminal widening. Computed tomography and/or MRI are the modalities of choice for studying the spinal foraminal widening. The present pictorial review describes six rare lesions, namely a lateral thoracic meningocele, a malignant fibrous histiocytoma, a tuberculous abscess, an osteoblastoma, a chondrosarcoma and a malignant tumour of the lung which caused spinal neural foraminal widening.
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Received: 23 November 1998; Revised: 4 March 1999; Accepted: 20 April 1999
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Zibis, A., Markonis, A. & Karantanas, A. Unusual causes of spinal foraminal widening. Eur Radiol 10, 144–148 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050022