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• Case Report •
Intramedullary spinal subependymoma with pial enhancement: A case report
WANG Xuliang  ZHAO Xuelian  TAN Wanqing  FAN Fengxian  LIU Guangyao 

Cite this article as: WANG X L, ZHAO X L, TAN W Q, et al. Intramedullary spinal subependymoma with pial enhancement: A case report[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2026, 17(10): 161-163. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2026.10.019.


[Keywords] spinal cord tumor；subependymoma；magnetic resonance imaging；pial enhancement；differential diagnosis

WANG Xuliang1, 2   ZHAO Xuelian1, 2   TAN Wanqing1, 2   FAN Fengxian1, 2, 3, 4   LIU Guangyao1, 2, 3, 4*  

1 Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou 730030, China

2 The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730030, China

3 Gansu Provincial Clinical Medical Research Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lanzhou 730030, China

4 Gansu Provincial Industrial Technology Center for the Application of Medical Magnetic Resonance Equipment, Lanzhou 730030, China

Corresponding author: LIU G Y, E-mail: lgy362263779@163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2026-05-06
Accepted  2026-09-20
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2026.10.019
Cite this article as: WANG X L, ZHAO X L, TAN W Q, et al. Intramedullary spinal subependymoma with pial enhancement: A case report[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2026, 17(10): 161-163. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2026.10.019.

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