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T1-weighted (a) T2-weighted (b) and after contrast (c) sagittal magnetic resonance images showing an intramedullary tumor in the conus medullaris with homogenously enhanced after a gadolinium injection and scallop shape on the vertebral body (x10)
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The tumor homogenously enhanced following a gadolinium injection [Figure 1].
(a) Tumor proliferation image by H and E coloring, (b) chromogranin A demarcates cytoplasm of ganglion cells, (c) negativity synaptophysin immunoreactivity of ganglion cells (x10)
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Microscopically, we showed lobulated cells with eosinophilic cytoplasms, sharply demarcated, with dense and rounded nuclei, pointing in immunohistochemistry neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and chromogranin A (CgA) [Figure 2].