Midline spinal cord hamartomas: MR imaging features of two patients.

نویسندگان

  • M Castillo
  • M M Smith
  • D Armao
چکیده

Congenital midline spinal hamartomas are relatively rare. Patients harboring this anomaly are generally asymptomatic, but present with an overlying skin anomaly. MR imaging depicts a mass that is isointense with the spinal cord on all sequences, and may show a dermal sinus tract that tethers the cord at the level of the lesion. We report the MR features of congenital midline spinal hamartoma in two children.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology

دوره 20 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1999