Spinal Tumour (?)

A Benign Spinal Tumour

Spinal tumour: a diagnostic lesson.

On examination there was global weakness in both lower limbs with unsteady gait and a sensory level just below the umbilicus (Ti 1). Touch was perceived better in the upper than the lower limbs. Plain radiographs were normal. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the thoracolumbar spine showed an enhancing extradural mass in thoracic spinal cord which was also encircling the cord and causing comp...

Histoplasmosis mimicking metastatic spinal tumour

Histoplasmosis is an infection caused by a fungus called Histoplasma. Diagnosis of histoplasmosis is based on the culture of biological samples and detection of fungus in tissues. Histoplasmosis can mimic malignant lesions. We report a 65-year-old, immunocompetent, male patient with back pain. We describe the main clinical and radiological characteristics in our patient who had vertebral histop...

Spinal Tumour and Its Diagnosis

In India all types of nervous disease exist, but very few spinal tumours are reported. This does not mean that the incidence of spinal tumours in this country is a rare phenomenon. The diagnosis of a spinal tumour is made by the clinical symptoms of (1) the root cycle usually unilateral; (2) the Brown-Sequard syndrome; (3) the compression paraplegia, and by special clinical tests such as lumbar...

Epidermoid spinal cord tumour after lumbar puncture.

A 5 year old boy developed an implantation dermoid tumour after a lumbar puncture in infancy. A survey of senior paediatricians has shown it to be common practice to use an unstiletted needle for lumbar puncture in small children. A stiletted needle is recommended for all such procedures.