Abstract
During the last 18 months we have employed magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) to investigate 20 patients with spinal tumors with the following locations and histology:
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Intramedullary = 13 (6 ependymomas, 3 syringomyelias, 1 angiolipoma, 1 venous angioma, 1 metastasis from medulloblastoma, 1 spongioblastoma)
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Intradural-extramedullary = 4 (3 neurinomas, 1 meningioma)
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Extradural = 3 (3 metastases)
The high proportion of intramedullary tumors is striking. Since these lesions are most difficult to diagnose by myelography and computer tomography, we saw an advantage in using MRT especially for these locations.
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Mauersberger, W., Brassel, F., Steudel, A. (1988). Value of Magnetic Resonance Tomography in Diagnosing Intraspinal Space-Occupying Lesions. In: Walter, W., Brandt, M., Klinger, M., Brock, M. (eds) Modern Methods in Neurosurgery. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73294-2_39
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