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Imaging appearance of subependymoma: A rare tumor of the cord


Author(s) : Sharma N Saini J Agarwal S Yadav R, 
Publisher : N/A
Publication Date : 2008
ISSN : N/A
Abstract : Subependymoma of the cord are rare tumors with very few cases described in the literature. They represent a diagnostic dilemma as far as imaging and histopathology is concerned. They are biologically benign with low proliferative index, hence postoperative prognosis is very good. We present a case of a 42-year-old male patient with an intramedullary Subependymoma located within the central canal of thoracic region cord. On imaging with T1-weighted and T2-weighted sequences it mimicked syringohydromyelia, however, on heavily T2-weighted images the tumor located within the central canal could be delineated. The tumor was excised with complete recovery.,