Spinal neurofibroma. Coloured coronal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan through a neck with a tumour (blue,upper centre) on the spinal cord (purple,running down centre). This kind of benign nerve tumour develops from the fibrous coverings of nerves. It is thus called a neurofibroma. Large tumours may require surgical excision. The spinal cord runs between the protective bony blocks (vertebrae,blue) of the backbone. MRI uses radio waves and magnetic fields to scan the body. A coronal slice is a vertical slice through the human body parallel to the line of the shoulders | |
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