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a, b Sagittal T2-weighted MR images showing enlargement of the thoracic cord at the T1-T12 levels and conus medullaris associated with high signal intensity. c Axial T2-weighted MR image showing central signal intensity abnormality in cord at the T4 level. d, e Sagittal T2-weighted MR images after treatment. Abnormal lesions have completely disappeared. f Axial T2-weighted MR image after treatment. Abnormal lesions have completely disappeared.
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T2-weighted sequences and swelling involving the thoracic region (from T1 to T12) and conus medullaris (fig. 1). There was no gadolinium enhancement in T1-weighted sequences. Three months after the completion of chemotherapy, the patient was in complete remission, and follow-up spinal MRI findings were normal (fig. 1).
a Abdominal CT scan showing moderate splenomegaly. b Spleen section showing prominent white pulp infiltration by lymphocytes with marginal zone expansion (HE staining; original magnification x40).
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Abdominal computed tomography (CT) images showed moderate splenomegaly (fig. 2). A histopathological analysis of the spleen showed typical white pulp lymphocyte infiltration (fig. 2).