Central neurocytoma is defined as an intraventricular benign brain tumor. Extra-ventricular location of central neurocytoma is rare: only nine cases of spinal neurocytoma had been reported in the English literature. We hereby present a case of atypical neurocytoma involving unusual long segments (8-segment) of cervico-thoracic spinal cord in a 29-year-old woman with emphasis on pre- and post-surgical neuroimaging, pathological correlation, and review the pertinent literature.
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