Nerve Tumors:

Distal Femoral Branch Tumor Seen in Survey Image

A 35 year old woman with a three year history of progressively severe led pain was being followed for pain management after all diagnsostic evaluations were negative including normla EMG. A) Small Schwannoma was detected on coronal survey image. B) The tumor is very evident in the Neurographic axial section but C) is essentially undetectable in a routine T1 image .
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