American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol 19, Issue 4 787-789, Copyright © 1998 by American Society of Neuroradiology
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Exophytic primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the spinal cord
D Papadatos, S Albrecht, G Mohr and R del Carpio-O'Donovan
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Montreal General Hospital, Quebec, Canada.
We present a case of an exophytic spinal primitive neuroectodermal tumor that, radiologically, simulated an extramedullary nerve sheath tumor, meningioma, or metastatic tumor deposit. MR imaging provided discrete anatomic localization of the tumor, enabling exclusion of multicentricity in the brain and spinal cord.