Location, length, and enhancement: systematic approach to differentiating intramedullary spinal cord lesions [PDF]
Insights into Imaging, 2018 Purpose Intramedullary spinal cord abnormalities are often challenging to diagnose. Spinal cord biopsy is a high-risk procedure with the potential to cause permanent neurological injury.
Sarah Mohajeri Moghaddam, Alok A. Bhatt
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Stereotactic Radiation for Treating Primary and Metastatic Neoplasms of the Spinal Cord
Frontiers in Oncology, 2020 Stereotactic radiation treatment can be used to treat spinal cord neoplasms in patients with either unresectable lesions or residual disease after surgical resection.
Elisa K. Liu +4 more
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Right Upper Lobe Pulmonary Spindle Cell Neoplasm With Rhabdoid Differentiation and Spinal Canal Invasion in a 19‐Year‐Old Female: A Case Report [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsWe present an unusual case involving a 19‐year‐old female with progressive respiratory distress. Testing revealed pulmonary spindle cell neoplasms with rhabdoid features and spinal cord involvement and infectious complications, emphasizing the importance
Quang Dai La +7 more
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A Technical Problem in Diagnosis Clarity of Solitary Spinal Cord Neurofibroma in an Eleven-month-old Boy [PDF]
Folia Medica, 2017 Spinal neurofibroma is one of the rarest of the neoplasms involving the spinal cord or roots and occurs much less often than neurinoma, meningioma or glioma. The sixth pediatric case of solitary intramedullary tumor was described in 2013, according to B.
Poriazova Elena G. +6 more
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Near-miss Thoracic Spine Solitary Plasmacytoma with Neurological Deficit during Pregnancy: A Case Report [PDF]
Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2022 Solitary plasmacytoma (SPC) account for only 5% of plasma cell neoplasms, and the literature hardly reports spinal SPC with a neurological deficit.
Teh KH +4 more
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Multiple ossified intracranial and spinal meningiomas: a rare case report and literature review
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 Ossified intracranial meningiomas (OIM) and ossified spinal meningiomas (OSM) are rare neoplasms of mesenchymal origin that predominantly manifest in the spinal cord and infrequently in the cranial region, accounting for ~0. 7–5.5% of all meningiomas. It
Jian Wang +8 more
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A case of primary intramedullary tumor [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2016 Primary spinal cord tumors are rare neoplasms that can lead to significant patient disability and mortality. Given their rarity, they are often misdiagnosed, especially in the early stages, when a high index of suspicion is required.
Florin Scarlatescu
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2020 Background: Malignant solitary fibrous tumor (MSFT) arising from the spinal cord is extremely rare and poorly understood mesenchymal neoplasms: only a few MSFT in the spinal canal has been described.
Kazuma Murata +12 more
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2020 Primary spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme (scGBM) is an uncommon entity in pediatrics, and intracranial metastasis originating in spinal cord gliomas is very rare.
Dengpan Song +4 more
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An Unusual Presentation of Spinal Giant Cell Glioblastoma in a 21-Year-Old Female
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2019 Primary spinal cord giant cell glioblastoma multiforme of the thoracic spinal cord is a rarely-diagnosed primary spinal cord tumor in comparison to neoplasms in intracranial locations.
Benjamin J. Delgado BS +6 more
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