PMC3461779_01
T1W saggital image
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F1
It was isointense on T1W images [Figure 1], heterogeneous on T2W images [Figure 2a and b] and showed intense postcontrast enhancement [Figure 3].
T2W axial image
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F2
It was isointense on T1W images [Figure 1], heterogeneous on T2W images [Figure 2a and b] and showed intense postcontrast enhancement [Figure 3].
T1W saggital post contrast
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F3
It was isointense on T1W images [Figure 1], heterogeneous on T2W images [Figure 2a and b] and showed intense postcontrast enhancement [Figure 3].
X-ray of the Dorso-lumbar region showing significant scalloping of posterior margin of L1 vertebral bodies and their posterior elements
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F4
Significant scalloping of posterior margin of vertebral bodies and their posterior elements were seen [Figure 4].
(a) Squash slide; (b) Histopathological slides: suggestive "Zellballen nests" of neoplastic cells surrounded by a delicate fibrovascular stroma; Spinal paraganglioma ((H&E, 400x) showing uniform round cells with 'salt and pepper' chromatin)
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F5
Typical "Zellballen nests" of neoplastic cells were present surrounded by a delicate fibro-vascular stroma. [Figure 5a and b] The cells possessed granular eosinophilic cytoplasm and demonstrated nuclear pleomorphism.