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. 2017 Jul-Sep;8(3):490-493.
doi: 10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_477_16.

Paraganglioma of the Filum Terminale: An Extremely Uncommon Neuroendocrine Neoplasm Located in Spine

Guru Dutta Satyarthee  1 , Kanwaljit Garg  1 , Sachin A Borkar  1
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Paraganglioma of the Filum Terminale: An Extremely Uncommon Neuroendocrine Neoplasm Located in Spine

Guru Dutta Satyarthee et al. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2017 Jul-Sep.
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Figures

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Figure 1
X-ray lateral view lumbosacral spine with no evidence of scalloping of vertebral body (arrow)
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Figure 2
Magnetic resonance imaging lumbosacral spine, sagittal section, T2W image showing hypointense solitary lesion located at third lumbar vertebra level causing displacement of cauda equina nerve roots
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Figure 3
Magnetic resonance imaging, lumbosacral spine, axial section T1W image showing hypointense lesion at third lumbar vertebra
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Figure 4
Magnetic resonance imaging, contrast study of lumbosacral spine, sagittal section image showing brilliantly enhancing intradural lesion at third lumbar vertebra placed intradurally
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Figure 5
Magnetic resonance imaging, contrast study lumbosacral spine, axial section image showing uniformly brilliantly enhancing intradural mass lesion
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Figure 6
Magnetic resonance imaging lumbosacral spine contrast study, coronal section image showing brilliantly enhancing paraganglioma
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Figure 7
Magnetic resonance imaging myelography showing centrally placed lesion with displaced nerve roots
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