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previously visited 15 Y/O FEMALE W/ KNOWN DIAGNOSIS AND R FOOT PAIN Random Case
Authored By: Alexi Phinney, Radiologist, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Washington, USA.
Patient: 15 year old female
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Fig. 1: STIR shows ropy nerve roots of the lumbar spine. There is also a large confluent tumoral mass, of high signal, in the left presacral region.

Fig. 2: T1 post Gd shows an even larger mass on the right.

Fig. 3: STIR shows ropy, thickened cervical spinal nerve roots.

Fig. 4: T1 post Gd shows a subcutaneous lesion in the subcutaneous tissues.

Fig. 5: Key points: - thick n. roots can be indistinguishable from dural ectasia - common (1:2-3000, >90% of neurofibromatosis cases) - prominent cutaneous lesions, after age 4 - gliomas,nonneoplastic "hamartomatous" lesions, cord astrocytoma, dural ectasia, osseous/dural lesions, etc.
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Discussion: 15 y/o female w/ right foot pain for several months
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Case Number: 3920Last Updated: 08-20-2001
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