PMC3738352_01
(a) A 50-year-old woman with intermittent pain in the lumbosacral area for about 10 years which worsened with radiation to bilateral lower extremities during 1 year. An intradural spinal tumor at the level of L2 appears isointensity on T1-weighted images. (b) The lesion is hypointensity T2-weighted images. (c, d) The lesion is homogeneously enhanced after intravenous gadolinium injection
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Tesla MR scanner (Signa EXCITE HD, GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI, USA) and demonstrated a well-defined mass measuring 18x20 mm in transverse diameter located at the level of L2. The irregular intraspinal mass showed isointensity on T1-weighted images and hypointensity on T2-weighted images, and was avidly and homogeneously enhanced after intravenous injection of Gd-DTPA (Magnevist; Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany) at a dose of 0.1 mmol/kg (Fig. 1).  