any of several cone-shaped structures, such as the conus medullaris, the lower endof the spinal cord
Examples of 'conus' in a sentence
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Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a complex heterogeneous hypointense mass lesion around the conus.
Jeffrey H. Zimering, Bryan D. Choi, Matthew J. Koch, John C. Dewitt, Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov,John H. Shin 2017, 'Sporadic NF2 Mosaic: Multiple spinal schwannomas presenting with severe, intractablepain following pregnancy', Interdisciplinary Neurosurgeryhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221475191730107X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To our knowledge, only four cases in conus medullaris have been previously described.
Leonardo Welling, Mariana S. Welling, Eberval G. Figueiredo 2015, 'Intramedullary Spinal Capillary Hemangioma: Case Report', Brazilian Neurosurgeryhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1570100. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Paragangliomas within the central nervous system are usually intradural near the conus medullaris.
Liljenqvist Ulf R, Lerner Thomas, Halm Henry F, Richter Alexander, Quante Markus 2011, 'Long-term follow-up after en bloc resection and reconstruction of a solitary paragangliomametastasis in the first lumbar vertebral body: a case report', Journal of Medical Case Reportshttp://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/45. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A clinical diagnosis of cauda-conus lesion was made.
Deepak Kumar Singh, Neha Singh, Manu Rastogi, Mazhar Husain 2011, 'The transparaspinal approach: A novel technique for one-step removal of dumb-bell-shapedspinal tumors', Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spinehttp://www.jcvjs.com/article.asp?issn=0974-8237;year=2011;volume=2;issue=2;spage=96;epage=98;aulast=Singh. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a spindle-shaped intramedullary lesion of the conus medullaris.
Lieberson Robert E, Veeravagu Anand, Eckermann Jan M, Doty James R, Jiang Bowen, AndrewsRussell, Chang Steven D 2012, 'Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from prostate carcinoma: a case report', Journal of Medical Case Reportshttp://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/6/1/139. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The ascendance of the conus correlated moderately with gestational age.
Yen-Ling Huang, Alex M Wong, Ho-Ling Liu, Yung-Liang Wan, Yu-Chun Lin, An-Shine Chao,Yao-Lung Chang 2014, 'Fetal magnetic resonance imaging of normal spinal cord: Evaluating cord visualizationand conus medullaris position by T2-weighted sequences', Biomedical Journalhttp://www.biomedj.org/article.asp?issn=2319-4170;year=2014;volume=37;issue=4;spage=232;epage=236;aulast=Huang. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The patient underwent excision of the conus mass.
Sandip B Mavani, Trimurti D Nadkarni, Naina A Goel 2013, 'Intramedullary conus metastasis from carcinoma lung', Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spinehttp://www.jcvjs.com/article.asp?issn=0974-8237;year=2013;volume=4;issue=1;spage=40;epage=42;aulast=Mavani. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All tumors were located in the cauda equina or conus medullaris region.
Toshi Mishra, Naina A Goel, Atul H Goel 2014, 'Primary paraganglioma of the spine: A clinicopathological study of eight cases', Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spinehttp://www.jcvjs.com/article.asp?issn=0974-8237;year=2014;volume=5;issue=1;spage=20;epage=24;aulast=Mishra. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The same procedure was performed to quantify the amount of pigmentary conus around the disc.
Ramakrishnan R, Kader Mohideen, Budde Wido 2005, 'Optic disc morphometry with optical coherence tomography: Comparison with planimetryof fundus photographs and influence of parapapillary atrophy and pigmentary conus.',Indian Journal of Ophthalmologyhttp://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2005;volume=53;issue=3;spage=187;epage=191;aulast=Ramakrishnan. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)