Presentation
Lower back pain.
Patient Data
Age: 35 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Spinal ependymoma
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There is a small well-circumscribed lesion (12 x 6 x 4 mm) of intradural extramedullary location at the level of the L2 vertebral body. It displays an isosignal to the spinal cord on T1, high signal on T2/STIR with vivid homogeneous enhancement on postcontrast sequences.
Case Discussion
Small well-circumscribed vividly enhancing intradural extramedullary lesion, probably an ependymoma.
For differential diagnosis: please see; Intradural extramedullary spinal tumours