From the Department of Radiology (J.S., S.M., J.W.M.V.G.), VITAZ General hospital, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Department of Neurosurgery (D.V.d.P.), VITAZ General Hospital, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 Mar 7;45(3):358-360. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A8133.
We describe 2 cases of a spinal cord lesion with imaging features closely resembling those described in supratentorial multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumor (MVNT) or infratentorial multinodular and vacuolating posterior fossa lesions of unknown significance. Multiple well-delineated nonenhancing T2-hyperintense intramedullary cystic ovoid nodules were visualized within the white matter of the spinal cord, including some immediately abutting the gray matter. No alterations in signal intensity or morphology were detected in a follow-up. Moreover, no relevant clinical symptoms attributable to the lesions were present. We describe these lesions as presumed MVNT, and we therefore use the term MVNT-like spinal cord lesions.
我们描述了 2 例脊髓病变,其影像学特征与幕上多结节和空泡神经元肿瘤(MVNT)或幕下多结节和空泡性后颅窝病变非常相似,这些病变的意义不明。在脊髓的白质中可见多个边界清楚的非增强性 T2 高信号的囊性卵圆形结节,包括一些紧邻灰质的结节。在随访中未发现信号强度或形态的改变。此外,没有与病变相关的相关临床症状。我们将这些病变描述为推测的 MVNT,因此我们使用 MVNT 样脊髓病变这一术语。