Presentation
Two months lower limb heaviness and unsteady gait.
Patient Data
Age: 60 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Spinal meningioma - thoracic
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Left T7 dorsolateral intradural extramedullary contrast enhancing spinal tumor.
Severe compression of the cord displaced and compressed along the right anterolateral aspect of the spinal canal. No extension through the neural exit foramen.
From the case:
Spinal meningioma - thoracic
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Pathology report.
Case Discussion
With the MRI signal characteristics demonstrated, the key differential diagnosis for this extramedullary intradural tumor is meningioma and neuroma.