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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2009; 19(02): 148-150
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.50840
Neuroradiology

Long-segment intramedullary spinal dermoid

NC Sharma
Department of Radiodiagnosis, R.N.T. Medical College and Associated Group of Hospitals, Udaipur (Rajasthan) 313 001, India
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Tushar Chandra
MR Centre, M.B. Govt. Hospital, Udaipur (Rajasthan) - 313 001, India
,
Anshu Sharma
Department of Radiodiagnosis, R.N.T. Medical College and Associated Group of Hospitals, Udaipur (Rajasthan) 313 001, India
,
Manish Bajaj
Department of Radiodiagnosis, R.N.T. Medical College and Associated Group of Hospitals, Udaipur (Rajasthan) 313 001, India
,
Ravinder Kundu
Department of Radiodiagnosis, R.N.T. Medical College and Associated Group of Hospitals, Udaipur (Rajasthan) 313 001, India
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Abstract

A 30-year-old man presented with a fairly large intramedullary mass lesion involving virtually the entire spinal cord. It was hyperintense on both T1W and T2W sequences, with signal suppression on fat-saturation images. Subsequent noncontrast CT scan of the spine confirmed the presence of fat and calcification within the lesion, thus leading to the diagnosis of an intramedullary dermoid.

Keywords

Dermoid - intramedullary - spinal


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Article published online:
31 July 2021

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