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<journal-id>1029-3019</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1029-3019</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1029-30192022000300008</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Correspondencia entre los diagnósticos clínico, imagenológico e histopatológico en pacientes con tumores y seudotumores raquídeos intramedulares]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Correspondence between the clinical, imaging and histopatologic diagnosis in patients with intramedullary spinal canal tumors and seudotumors]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Pons Porrata]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura María]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz Galarza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yenys]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez Cobas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isabel]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Salomón López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Javier Antonio]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Londres Aguilar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Enrique]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Docente Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Docente Infantil Sur Dr. Antonio María Béguez César  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>26</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1029-30192022000300008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1029-30192022000300008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1029-30192022000300008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  Los tumores intramedulares son poco usuales y se generan dentro del tejido de la médula espinal, desplazando o invadiendo la materia blanca, los tractos y los cuerpos neuronales.  Objetivo:  Caracterizar a pacientes con tumores y seudotumores raquídeos intradurales intramedulares según variables clínicas, imagenológicas (resonancia magnética) e histopatológicas.  Métodos:  Se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo, longitudinal y prospectivo de 11 pacientes con diagnóstico clínico provisional de tumor o seudotumor raquídeo intramedular, confirmado por medio de la resonancia magnética, quienes fueron atendidos en el Departamento de Imagenología del Hospital General Docente Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso de Santiago de Cuba de enero de 2014 a igual mes de 2017, procedentes de los hospitales generales de esta provincia y de Guantánamo.  Resultados:  En la investigación primaron las féminas (63,6 %), sobre todo en las edades de 40 a 59 años (45,4 %), así como las manifestaciones clínicas de debilidad muscular (100,0 %) y dolor en la columna vertebral (81,8 %). De acuerdo a la intensidad de las señales obtenidas en la resonancia magnética, resultaron más frecuentes las imágenes heterogéneas, predominantemente en la zona dorsal. Asimismo, sobresalió la mielopatía compresiva dorsal (27,3 %) como diagnóstico clínico de sospecha, mientras que 54,5 % de los diagnósticos imagenológicos fueron confirmados histopatológicamente, con un mayor porcentaje en el caso de los astrocitomas (36,4).  Conclusiones:  La resonancia magnética es el método imagenológico de elección para la identificación de estos tumores, dado que ofrece una aproximación al diagnóstico definitivo, el cual es corroborado mediante el estudio anatomopatológico.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  The intramedullary tumors are not very usual and they are generated inside the tissue of the spinal cord, displacing or invading the white matter, tracts and neuronal bodies.  Objective:  To characterize patients with intradural intramedullary spinal canal tumors and seudotumors according to clinical, imaging (magnetic resonance) and histopatologic variables.  Methods:  An observational, descriptive, longitudinal and prospective study of 11 patients with clinical provisional diagnosis of intramedullary spinal canal tumor or seudotumor was carried out, confirmed by means of magnetic resonance who were assisted in the Imaging Department of Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba from January, 2014 to the same month in 2017, coming from the general hospitals of this province and Guantánamo.  Results:  In the investigation there was a prevalence of females (63.6 %), mainly in the ages of 40 to 59 (45.4 %), as well as the clinical signs of muscular weakness (100.0 %) and pain in the spine (81.8 %). According to the intensity of signs obtained in the magnetic resonance, the heterogeneous images were more frequent, predominantly in the dorsal area. Also, dorsal compressive myelopathy was notable (27.3 %) as clinical diagnosis of suspicion, while 54.5 % of the imaging diagnosis was histopathologically confirmed, with a higher percentage in the case of astrocytomas (36.4).  Conclusions:  The magnetic resonance is the radiological method of election for the identification of these tumors, since it offers an approach to the definitive diagnosis, which is corroborated by means of the pathologic study.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ependimoma]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[spectroscopy of magnetic resonance]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ependymoma]]></kwd>
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