Presentation
Lower limbs weakness.
Patient Data
Age: 35 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Myxopapillary ependymoma
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There is an 11 x 18 x 57 mm well-defined, longitudinally oriented intradural extramedullary spinal lesion at D11-L1 levels displacing the cord anteriorly
The lesion displayed isointense on T1, heterogenous hyperintense on T2 weighted images, and shows vivid heterogenous enhancement on post-contrast images
No internal hemorrhage
No suspicious marrow signal abnormality.
Case Discussion
Regarding the MRI findings, myxopapillary ependymoma is the most likely diagnosis with a differential diagnosis of schwannoma or paraganglioma.
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