Among spinal tumors that occur intradurally, meningiomas, nerve sheath tumors,
ependymomas, and astrocytomas are the most common. While a spinal MRI is the state of …

Spinal cord tumors are uncommon neoplasms that, without treatment, can cause significant
neurologic morbidity and mortality. The historic classification of spine tumors is based on the …

BACKGROUND: Surgical outcomes for intramedullary spinal cord tumors are affected by
many variables including tumor histology and preoperative neurological function …

Object Surgery of intramedullary tumors is established as the treatment of choice for these
challenging lesions. This study presents a detailed analysis of risk factors for surgical …

OBJECT Ependymomas represent the most common intramedullary tumor in adults. Despite
their usually well-defined dissection plane, surgical morbidity has been documented to be …

At present, surgical resection of primary intramedullary spinal cord tumors is the mainstay of
treatment. However, given the dimensional constraints of the narrow spinal canal and dense …

In 2010, an estimated 22,020 new cases of primary brain and other nervous system
neoplasms were diagnosed in the United States, 1 and approximately 13,140 deaths …

OBJECTIVE Spinal ependymomas are rare glial neoplasms. Because their incidence is low,
only a few larger studies have investigated this condition. There are no clear data …

Intradural spinal tumors are rare tumors of the central nervous system. Due to the eloquence
of the spinal cord and its tracts, the compact architecture of the cord and nerves, and the …

Background Intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCT) comprise the least common types of
spinal neoplasms; surgery is mostly conducted with intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) …