Abstract
Punctate and amorphous intraspinal calcification associated with interpediculate widening in a neonate with lower extremity paresis is probably pathognomonic for congenital calcified intraspinal neuroblastoma.
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Haden, M.A., Keats, T.E. Congenital intraspinal neuroblastoma with intraspinal calcification in the neonatal period: Report of a case with a 32-year follow-up. Pediatr Radiol 13, 335–338 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01625961
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