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(a) Postgadolinium axial T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging scan demonstrating intense enhancement of the lesion in the right posterior cervical region, with cervical spine extension. (b and c) intraspinal component compressing the spinal cord antero-laterally. (d) tumoral invasion through right foramina of atlas and axis
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the cervical spine showed a right posterior space-occupying cervical lesion with heterogeneous contrast enhancement extending to the neural foramina of the atlas and axis [Figure 1a-d].
(a) Postoperative sagital T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan showing removal of intraspinal component of the tumor. (b) Postgadolinium axial T1-weighted MRI scan demonstrating good decompression and no enhancementin the cervical region
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Figure 2 shows the MRI performed in the immediate postoperative period, with adequate decompression of the spinal cord.
(a, b) Postgadolinium axial T1-weighted MRI scan showing no post-treatment tumor re-growth
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