Remark about magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics of 2 common spinal intramedullary tumor types: ependymomas and astrocytomas
- Author:
Nguyen Van Lieu
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
spinal intramedullary tumor
- MeSH:
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Diagnosis;
Spinal Cord Neoplasms;
Ependymoma;
Astrocytoma
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2005;0(12):35-37
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Studying 50 cases with spinal intramedullary tumor at Nerve Department of Bach Mai hospital to diagnose before surgering from 1998 to 2003. Among them, 6 cases with ependymomas and 3 with astrocytomas were taken magenetic resonance. Result showed that ependymomas and astrocytomas were two major typies in intramedullary tumors. Magenetic resonance imaging has some characterstics helping identify these typies according to considering different factors (ex age, site of tumor). Eoendymomas is more in adult. Astrocytomas is more in children.
