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Intramedullary and spinal canal tumors in patients with neurofibromatosis 2: MR imaging findings and correlation with genotype.
Radiology - 1 Feb 2001
Patronas N J, Courcoutsakis N, Bromley C M, Katzman G L, MacCollin M, Parry D M
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To determine the appearance of spinal tumors on magnetic resonance (MR) images of patients with neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2), to assess the biologic behavior of these tumors, and to determine the correlation between NF2 germline mutations and these tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Spinal MR images in 49 patients with NF2 were reviewed retrospectively. Intramedullary and intradural extramedullary tumors were...
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