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Tumors of the Spinal Cord and Spinal Canal

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In this chapter we present the various neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions that can be encountered in the cord and in the spinal canal. We have also described the imaging features that are useful in distinguishing these abnormalities from each other (Abul-Kasim et al., Neuroradiology 50:301–314, 2008).

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  1. School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Athanasios D. Gouliamos

  2. Neuroradiology, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Nicholas J. Patronas

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  1. School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Athanasios D. Gouliamos

  2. Imaging Department, Hygeia and Mitera Hospitals, Athens, Greece

    John A. Andreou

  3. Medical Oncologist, Head, Medical Oncology Department, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Paris A. Kosmidis

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Gouliamos, A.D., Patronas, N.J. (2018). Tumors of the Spinal Cord and Spinal Canal. In: Gouliamos, A., Andreou, J., Kosmidis, P. (eds) Imaging in Clinical Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68873-2_19

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