|Articles|May 18, 2021

Image IQ Quiz: Elderly Patient Presents with Back Pain and Radiculopathy

Elderly female with back pain and radiculopathy. What is the most likely diagnosis? What is the most common tumor in this location?

Case submitted by Thomas Madaelil, M.D., with Texas Radiology Associates.

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What is your diagnosis?

Spinal schwannoma
Spinal meningioma
Spinal metastases
Spinal lipoma

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