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Research ArticleSpine Imaging and Spine Image-Guided Interventions

The Many Faces of Myxopapillary Ependymomas

Ioana Hutuca, Kristof L. Egervari, Doron Merkler and Maria Isabel Vargas
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2025, 46 (3) 583-588; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8499
Ioana Hutuca
aFrom the Department of Radiology (I.H.), Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
dGeneva University (I.H., M.I.V.), Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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Kristof L. Egervari
bDepartment of Neuropathology (K.L.E., D.M.), Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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Doron Merkler
bDepartment of Neuropathology (K.L.E., D.M.), Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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Maria Isabel Vargas
cClinique des Grangettes (M.I.V.), Hirslanden, Geneva, Switzerland
dGeneva University (I.H., M.I.V.), Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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