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Ossified retroperitoneal malignant Schwannoma with spinal leptomeningeal metastases

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A malignant retroperitoneal schwannoma in a patient without von Recklinghausen's disease is reported. Ossification in the tumour, shown on CT and MRI in this previously untreated patient is exceptional. MRI demonstration of spinal leptomeningeal metastases supports the hypothesis of haematogenous metastatic spread of systemic malignant tumours to the leptomeningeal spaces.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University Hospital Gent, Belgium, , , , , , BE

    K. Mortelé, M. Lemmerling, L. Defreyne & M. Kunnen

  2. Department of Medical Genetics, University Hospital Gent, Belgium, , , , , , BE

    F. Speleman

  3. Department of Histopathology, University Hospital Gent, Belgium, , , , , , BE

    C. De Potter

  4. Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Gent, Belgium, , , , , , BE

    S. Van Belle

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Received: 28 October 1996 Accepted: 29 April 1997

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Mortelé, K., Lemmerling, M., Defreyne, L. et al. Ossified retroperitoneal malignant Schwannoma with spinal leptomeningeal metastases. Neuroradiology 40, 48–50 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050538

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