Table 2 Conventional MRI characteristics of all 40 patients.
No. | Age | Localization | Conventional MRI characteristics | Treatment | Diagnosis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Space occupation | Intramedullary position | Cysts | Hemorrhage | Edema | Contrast enhancement | Syrinx | |||||
1 | 62 | T6/7 | Slightly | Central | Multiple | Yes | No | Diffuse | Yes | Resection | Ependymoma |
2 | 75 | T10 | Slightly | Central | One | No | Extensive | Nodular | Yes | Resection | Ependymoma |
3 | 80 | T2/3 | Severely | Central | No | No | Extensive | Diffuse | No | Resection | Ependymoma |
4 | 47 | C1/2 | Severely | Central | Multiple | Yes | Extensive | Annular | Yes | Resection | Ependymoma |
5 | 67 | C3/4 | Slightly | Central | Multiple | Yes | Moderate | Nodular | No | Resection | Ependymoma |
6 | 57 | C5 | Slightly | Central | Multiple | Yes | Moderate | Nodular | No | Resection | Ependymoma |
7 | 43 | C5–T2 | Severely | Central | Multiple | Yes | Moderate | Diffuse | No | Resection | Ependymoma |
8 | 43 | C7/T1 | Slightly | Central | No | No | Mild | No | No | Resection | Ependymoma |
9 | 30 | C0–3 | Severely | Central | No | No | No | Nodular | No | Resection | Ependymoma |
10 | 22 | C0–2 | Severely | Central | Multiple | No | Moderate | Diffuse | No | Resection | Ependymoma |
11 | 46 | T3–7 | Severely | Central | Multiple | Yes | Mild | Diffuse | Yes | Biopsy | Anaplastic oligoastrocytoma |
12 | 64 | C3/4 | Slightly | Central | No | No | Mild | Diffuse | No | Resectiona | Anaplastic astrocytoma |
13 | 65 | T5/6 | Severely | Central | No | Yes | Extensive | Diffuse | Yes | Resection | Hemangiopericytoma |
14 | 11 | C3–7 | Severely | Central | Multiple | No | Mild | Nodular | No | Resection | Pilocytic astrocytoma |
15 | 11 | C2/3 | Severely | Central | One | No | Mild | Annular | Yes | Resection | Pilocytic astrocytoma |
16 | 38 | C1–4 | Slightly | Central | Multiple | Yes | Mild | Diffuse | No | Biopsy | Gliotic tumorous process |
17 | 34 | T12/L1 | Slightly | Asymmetric | No | No | Mild | No | No | Biopsy | Low-grade glioma |
18 | 79 | T7/8 | Slightly | Central | No | No | Moderate | Diffuse | No | Clinical Diagnostics | B-cell lymphoma |
19 | 33 | T3–5 | Slightly | Asymmetric | No | No | Moderate | Nodular | No | Biopsy | Acute inflammation |
20 | 47 | T4/5 | Slightly | Central | No | No | Mild | Annular | No | Clinical Diagnostics | Clinically isolated syndrome |
21 | 23 | T5–8 | Slightly | Central | No | No | Mild | Annular | No | Clinical Diagnostics | Clinically isolated syndrome |
22 | 35 | T7/8 | Slightly | Asymmetric | No | No | No | Diffuse | No | Biopsy | Clinically isolated syndrome |
23 | 32 | T9 | Slightly | Asymmetric | No | No | Mild | Diffuse | No | Clinical Diagnostics | Clinically isolated syndrome |
24 | 58 | C3 | Slightly | Asymmetric | No | No | No | Diffuse | No | Clinical Diagnostics | Clinically isolated syndrome |
25 | 30 | C4 | No | Asymmetric | No | No | No | No | No | Clinical Diagnostics | Clinically isolated syndrome |
26 | 48 | C1–5 | Slightly | Asymmetric | No | No | Extensive | Diffuse | No | Clinical Diagnostics | Postinfectious myelitis |
27 | 32 | C1/2 | Slightly | Central | No | No | Extensive | No | Yes | Decompression | Indeterminate |
28 | 52 | C3/4 | Slightly | Central | Multiple | Yes | No | Nodular | No | Conservative | Indeterminate |
29 | 2 | C2–7 | Severely | Asymmetric | No | No | Moderate | No | No | Conservative | Indeterminate |
30 | 58 | C2/3 | Slightly | Asymmetric | No | No | No | Diffuse | No | Conservative | Indeterminate |
31 | 35 | C3/4 | Slightly | Central | Multiple | Yes | No | No | No | Conservative | Indeterminate |
32 | 43 | C4 | Slightly | Central | No | No | Mild | Nodular | No | Conservative | Indeterminate |
33 | 55 | C4 | Slightly | Central | No | No | No | Nodular | No | Conservative | Indeterminate |
34 | 41 | C4/5 | Slightly | Central | One | No | Mild | Diffuse | No | Conservative | Indeterminate |
35 | 56 | C5/6 | No | Asymmetric | No | No | Moderate | Nodular | No | Conservative | Indeterminate |
36 | 74 | C7–T4 | Slightly | Asymmetric | No | No | Moderate | No | No | Conservative | Indeterminate |
37 | 48 | C7/T1 | Severely | Central | No | No | No | Nodular | No | Conservative | Indeterminate |
38 | 56 | T3/4 | Slightly | Central | No | No | No | No | No | Conservative | Indeterminate |
39 | 45 | T2 | Slightly | Central | No | No | No | Nodular | No | Conservative | Indeterminate |
40 | 40 | T3/4 | Severely | Central | No | No | Moderate | Nodular | No | Conservative | Indeterminate |
