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J P Cretella1, R B Rafal, J P McCarron
1Department of Radiology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021.
Abstract:
The computerized tomography (CT) and ultrasound characteristics of many of the primary retroperitoneal tumors are nonspecific, and thus preoperative diagnosis of these tumors is difficult. We describe a case of a retroperitoneal schwannoma in which the multiplanar capability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provided anatomic information not obtainable by other modalities and helped to suggest the neural origin of the tumor.
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