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Washington University Experience | NEOPLASMS (MENINGIOMA) | Meningioma - Fibrous | 7A1,2 (Case 7)

Case 7 History ---- The patient is a 46-year-old female with no significant past medical history who presents with several months of progressive back pain and lower extremity paresthesias. MRI demonstrates a large circumferentially enhancing intradural extramedullary lesion just rostral to the conus at the T11- T12 level causing severe cord compression. Operative procedure: Thoracic laminectomy and resection of tumor with instrumented fusion. ---- 7A The tumor and its relationship with the spinal cord are seen. The image on the left is a T2-weighted scan and that on the right is a STIR image.

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