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MRI of a patient with an epidural spinal cord compression

MRI of a patient with an epidural spinal cord compression
Sagittal (left panel) and axial (right panel) fast spin echo T2-weighted images from spine MRI of a 69-year-old woman with a remote history of breast cancer, interscapular back pain for one month, and a normal neurologic examination demonstrate an epidural mass (arrows) compressing the spinal cord.
MRI: magnetic resonance imaging.
Courtesy of David Schiff, MD.
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