We report a case of solitary fibrous tumor involving the spinal nerve root at the L1-L2 level in a 67-year-old man. The patient presented with lumbar pain and weakness in his right lower extremity. Histologically, the tumor was composed of a proliferation of monomorphous spindle cells in an abundant collagenous stroma; neither necrosis nor mitoses were evident. These cells were strongly immunor...

Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, histological appearances and surgical outcomes of 18 dogs and one cat with spinal tumors are presented. Medical records of the cases admitted for spinal disorders were reviewed, and cases of spinal tumors that were diagnosed by MRI and confirmed by histological examination were included in this study. T1 weighted, T2 weighted and contrast ...

Study Design Literature review. Objective Functional secretory tumors metastatic to the spine can secrete hormones, growth factors, peptides, and/or molecules into the systemic circulation that cause distinct syndromes, clinically symptomatic effects, and/or additional morbidity and mortality. En bloc resection has a limited role in metastatic spine disease due to the current paradigm that syst...

OBJECTIVE To reduce the risk of postoperative spinal instability or deformity, unilateral laminectomy (UL) has been recommended to remove spinal space-occupying lesions. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there were any advantages of UL for removal of spinal cord tumors. METHODS From May 1995 to May 2010, 94 patients with spinal cord tumors, who underwent tumor removal via UL ...

Postoperative paraplegia is a rare complication after epidural analgesia and often occurs with spinal hematoma or cord injury. We present the case of a 16-year-old girl who suffered from a tumor mass in the neck and abdomen who underwent gynecologic operation. Preoperatively, liver metastasis was found by computed tomography. Pathologic findings revealed that the abdominal mass was an ovarian d...

✔ Spinal neurofibromas are the most prevalent group of spinal tumors. They occur sporadically or in association with Neurofibromatosis type-1 (NF1, von Recklinghausen disease). A neurofibroma’s developing a “dumbbell tumor” is a situation which is quite often seen. Surgical intervention is indicated when myelopathy and motor deficits develop in the case of paraspinal neurofibromas. The goal of ...

Introduction: Spinal tumors are rare lesions. The incidence of spinal is about 0.5-2.5 cases per 100,000 population year.1 Thirty percent located intradural. Twenty to thirty intradural schwannoma and neurofibroma.2 Surgery the leading choice for schwannomas neurofibromas that grow progressively or cause neurological deficits.2,3,4 Currently, minimally invasive surgery developing rapidly, inclu...

AIM To determine the role of intraoperative ultrasonography (IOUSG) in the surgical management of patients with intradural spinal tumors. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-six patients with intradural spinal cord tumors were surgically treated under intraoperative ultrasonographic guidance between January 2007 and May 2011. Guidance with IOUSG was used in 26 patients, of which 14 fourteen had extra...

Spinal accessory neuropathy is commonly caused by iatrogenic injury or secondary to trauma or infection. Nevertheless, the tumor related palsy is rare. We present a case of an 18-year-old male patient suffering from paralysis of his right trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscle. An electrophysiologic diagnostic study confirmed the spinal accessory neuropathy of the proximal segment. In additio...

Abstract Type-1 neurofibromatosis (NF1) is a neurocutaneous syndrome classically known as peripheral NF to distinguish it from type-2 (central NF). Its main characteristic the high predisposition growth of multiple tumors, which specially arouses interest spinal surgeons due presence cord compression and deformities. Considering this, we have performed comprehensive review, with illustrative ca...