Clinicopathological Study of Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Intradural-Extramedullary (inside the durra) tumors grow within the spinal canal (under the membrane that covers the spinal cord) but outside of the nerves. Usually these tumors are benign and slow growing. However, they can cause symptoms of pain and weakness. The present study was to review the various intradural extramedullary lesions of the spine, with pathologic correlation. During April 2011 to March 2013, 52 spinal tumors cases were diagnosed at Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Medicine, Mamata Medical College General Hospital Khammam. The youngest patient in this series was 21 years old girl and the oldest patient was 60 yrs old female. Most of the patients were 30-40 yrs age group i.e., 12 patient (37.5%). There were Male: 13 (40.6%) and Female: 19 (59.4%), Slight female predominance is seen in occurrence of intradural extramedullary tumors. The duration of symptoms varies from 2 months to 5 years with a mean of 2 years 2 months. Nerve sheath tumor was the common histopatholigical type. In the present series among all the spinal tumors the incidence of intradural ectramedullary spinal tumors is 57.14%. Mean age of presentation for meningioma is 36 yrs and for nerve sheath tumors id 39.5 years. Most of the tumors were located in thoracic region (56%) followed by cervical (22%) and lumber (22%). Keywords: Tumars, extramedullary lesions, spinal tumors, meningioma.
Authors and Affiliations
K Jagadesh Babu, Sidda Reddy, S Ponraj, GV Murali, CH V S Govindappa, DS Hanuman
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