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Can your tell if a tumor in the thecal sac at l-4 is a paraganglioma versus a peripheral nerve sheath tumor by lumbar spine mri alone?
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Not by imaging alone: There is no definitive way to determine pathological type tumor by neuroimaging alone.
Answered 10/3/2013
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