Selected MR images demonstrating a lobulated cystic mass within the thecal sac at T2-3 leve with a marginal enhancement and a small enhancing mural nodulel. This mass occupies nearly the entire cross-sectional area of the spinal canal, compressing and displacing the cord to the right. Despite the compression, no abnormal cord signal is identified.
There is a severe compression fracture at T5 with minimal retropulsion of the dorsal cortical margin of the vertebral body which abuts the ventral margin of the spinal cord.