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Preoperative MRI T2WI (whole spine).
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Preoperative MRI STIR.
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Preoperative MRI STIR (sagittal images, level of compression).
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T10 vertebral body and associated spinal cord compression (Figures 3 and Figure 4). The metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (MESCC) pathway was immediately activated, and a restaging of the disease was promptly conducted.
Preoperative MRI (axial image, level of compression).
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T10 vertebral body and associated spinal cord compression (Figures 3 and Figure 4). The metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (MESCC) pathway was immediately activated, and a restaging of the disease was promptly conducted.
Postoperative MRI T2WI (sagittal image, showing the level of surgery).
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Postoperative MRI (axial image, showing the level of surgical decompression).
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Spinal stabilisation and instrumentation construct (AP radiograph, at the time of radiotherapy).
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T3 and T6 vertebrae without any cord compression. Two weeks later, she had the baby delivered by Caesarean section and could safely start chemotherapy and radiotherapy; the spinal stabilisation and instrumentation construct is clearly visible in Figure 7.