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Fig. 8 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 8

From: Imaging of urgencies and emergencies in the lung cancer patient

Fig. 8

Malignant spinal cord compression of the thoracic spine in a 56-year-old man with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer. Sagittal enhanced CT image in bone (a) and soft-tissue (b) window setting at the thoracolumbar level shows confluent lytic bone lesions in the T11 and T12 vertebrae with disruption of the posterior wall and extending into the posterior elements. Also, note the large soft-tissue mass (yellow arrows) extending in the spinal canal resulting in a compression of the thoracic spinal cord. Axial enhanced CT image in soft tissue window (c) clearly shows the extension of the soft tissue mass in the spinal canal, while the spinal cord is no longer discernible

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