Primary spinal cord neoplasms rep-resent an uncommon but important cause of back pain
and/or neurologic deficit in adults and children. Epidemiologic studies suggest that primary …

Purpose: Primary intraspinal tumors are rare tumors of the central nervous system. There is
a paucity of detailed clinical data on the tumors for neurosurgeons. The paper is to report the …

Intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSC) are a rare and challenging disease, accounting for
approximately 16% to 58% of all primary spinal cord tumors and 2% to 8.5% of all primary …

Study Design Broad narrative review. Objectives Intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCT)
are rare neoplasms that can potentially lead to severe neurologic deterioration, decreased …

Extrinsic spinal cord lesions have been classified via various methodologies. Most recently,
spinal cord tumors have been divided anatomically into those that are intramedullary and …

Background Data: Intradural extramedullary tumors are mostly benign lesions that often
present late due to their slow rate of growth. Recent advances in the field of neuro-imaging …

The majority of spinal tumors arise from the vertebral bone. If the tumor continues to grow, it
can invade the epidural space, becomes vertebroepidural, and causes neurologic damage …

To elucidate the reasons for delay in the diagnosis of spinal cord tumors despite the
availability of MRI in Japan, we reviewed the clinical records of 60 patients with tumors with …