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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2015; 25(04): 459-463
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.169451
Neuroradiology

Primary spinal primitive neuroectodermal tumor on MR imaging

Prashant J Thoriya
Department of Radiodiagnosis, MP Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
,
Pankaj Watal
Department of Radiodiagnosis, MP Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
,
Nandini U Bahri
Department of Radiodiagnosis, MP Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
,
Ketan Rathod
Department of Radiodiagnosis, MP Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
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Abstract

Neoplasms in the region of filum terminale are not uncommon. Myxopapillary ependymoma is the commonest tumor at this location. The differentials reported for this entity are nerve sheath tumor, meningioma, paraganglioma, intradural metastases, lymphoma, other varieties of ependymoma, subependymoma, astrocytoma, ganglioglioma, hemangioblastoma, and primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET). PNET may very rarely present as an intradural thoracolumbar mass. We present pre- and post-therapy magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of a patient with proven primary spinal primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PSPNET) of peripheral subtype.

Keywords

CD99 - myxopapillary ependymoma - primary spinal primitive neuroectodermal tumor - primitive neuroectodermal tumor - spinal


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Article published online:
30 July 2021

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