Review Article

Imaging of Spinal Metastatic Disease

Figure 14

Sagittal T1-weighted MR image reveals an intramedullary hyperintense lesion in the dorsal upper thoracic cord from a melanoma metastasis (yellow arrow). There is extensive surrounding hypointensity due to spinal cord edema. Additionally, there is a T1 hyperintense vertebral body metastatic lesion (red arrow). Large lobulated paraspinal masses are also noted (yellow star).
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