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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroradiology. 2014 Jan 7;56(2):169–174. doi: 10.1007/s00234-013-1316-9

Table 1.

Age Gender Presentation Location MRI appearance DTI Surgical Margins Result Histology
4 M Quadriparesis, sig R hemiparesis Cervicomedullary Solid enhancing lesion with cystic areas Splayed (non-infiltrated) GTR Discrete JPA
5 M Back pain Thoracic Cystic lesion with solid enhancing (Figure 1) Splayed (non-infiltrated) GTR Discrete JPA
12 M CT Cervicothoracic (C3-T2) Solid enhancing lesion with cystic areas Splayed (non-infiltrated) GTR Discrete JPA
17 F Gait disturbances Thoracic Mixed solid and cystic with internal areas of hemorrhage and dysplastic blood vessels, extensive thoracic syrinx, Splayed (non-infiltrated) GTR Discrete JPA
18 M Upper extremity weakness Cervical Solid enhancing lesion with cystic area, fluid level from prior hemorrhage Splayed (non-infiltrated) GTR Discrete JPA
6 M Progressive hemiparesis Cervicomedullary Solid enhancing lesion with cystic areas Splayed (non-infiltrated) GTR Discrete JPA
17 M Progressive weakness, hx of prior ependymoma resection Cervical Heterogeneous mass with solid and cystic areas, evidence of prior hemorrhage Splayed (non-infiltrated) GTR Discrete Ependymoma
2 M Gait disturbances Cervicomedullary Solid enhancing lesion with cystic areas (Figure 2) Splayed (non-infiltrated) STR Discrete JPA
14 M Left jaw pain Cervical Enhancing nodular region with surrounding non-enhancing T2 signal abnormality (Figure 3) Disrupted Biopsy Ill-defined Ganglioglioma
16 F Lower extremity weakness Thoracic Peripherally enhancing irregular lesion, extensive leptomeningeal disease Disrupted Biopsy Ill-defined High grade glioma

CM, cervicomedullary; CT, cervicothoracic; C, cervical; T, thoracic; GTR, gross total resection; JPA, juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma; STR, subtotal tumor resection