Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Spine tumor case

This is an impressive case of dumbbell shaped intramedullary neurofibroma with extradural components extending into the left thoracic cavity. Amazingly this 37 year-old patient had minimal symptoms and was only diagnosed because a mass on the chest xray from a routine health screening. This patient is scheduled for OR tomorrow.

*No HIPPA violation here, all identifying info have been removed, you got a 1 in 1.3 billion chance to figure out who it is.*

Lee
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1 comment:

Jenny said...

Even though neurosurgery is not and will never be as awesome as plastic surgery, that looks like a pretty brilliant case.