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[Magnetic resonance tomography in the diagnosis of spinal cord tumors]. 1990

I N Pronin, and V N Kornienko

The authors generalize experience in the examination of 245 patients with suspected disease of the spinal cord by means of the Acutscan magnetic resonance tomograph (Instrumentarium firm, Finland) with ultralow intensity of the magnetic field. The application of the new method in neuroradiologic diagnosis--magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) possessing certain advantages over computed tomography and myelography enables the authors to make the correct topical diagnosis in most cases and visualize the inner structure of the tumor and its relation with the structures of the spinal canal. Tumors of the spinal cord were detected in 102 patients: intramedullary in 24, extramedullary-intradural in 31, extradural in 13, and craniospinal in 34 patients. It was established from analysis of the results that MRT possesses high informativeness in cases of intradural tumors of the spinal cord.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008279	Magnetic Resonance Imaging	Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques.	Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297	Male		Males
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013116	Spinal Cord	A cylindrical column of tissue that lies within the vertebral canal. It is composed of WHITE MATTER and GRAY MATTER.	Coccygeal Cord,Conus Medullaris,Conus Terminalis,Lumbar Cord,Medulla Spinalis,Myelon,Sacral Cord,Thoracic Cord,Coccygeal Cords,Conus Medullari,Conus Terminali,Cord, Coccygeal,Cord, Lumbar,Cord, Sacral,Cord, Spinal,Cord, Thoracic,Cords, Coccygeal,Cords, Lumbar,Cords, Sacral,Cords, Spinal,Cords, Thoracic,Lumbar Cords,Medulla Spinali,Medullari, Conus,Medullaris, Conus,Myelons,Sacral Cords,Spinal Cords,Spinali, Medulla,Spinalis, Medulla,Terminali, Conus,Terminalis, Conus,Thoracic Cords
D013120	Spinal Cord Neoplasms	Benign and malignant neoplasms which occur within the substance of the spinal cord (intramedullary neoplasms) or in the space between the dura and spinal cord (intradural extramedullary neoplasms). The majority of intramedullary spinal tumors are primary CNS neoplasms including ASTROCYTOMA; EPENDYMOMA; and LIPOMA. Intramedullary neoplasms are often associated with SYRINGOMYELIA. The most frequent histologic types of intradural-extramedullary tumors are MENINGIOMA and NEUROFIBROMA.	Intradural-Extramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Intramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Intramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Primary,Neoplasms, Spinal Cord,Primary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Primary Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Intramedullary,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Benign,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Intradural-Extramedullary,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Intramedullary,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Malignant,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Primary Intramedullary,Tumors, Spinal Cord,Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Neoplasm, Spinal Cord,Spinal Cord Neoplasm,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Intradural Extramedullary,Spinal Cord Tumor,Spinal Cord Tumors,Tumor, Spinal Cord
D013125	Spinal Neoplasms	New abnormal growth of tissue in the SPINE.	Neoplasm, Spinal,Neoplasms, Spinal,Spinal Neoplasm