This paper summarizes data on 30 consecutive spinal tumors treated at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH) between 1984-1991. The male:female ratio was 2.75:1. Thirty percent of cases were less than 20 years of age while 71% were more than 60 years of age. The brain to spinal cord tumor ratio in our unit was 12.3:1. The ratio of Schwannoma to meningioma was 1.6:1. Metastatic carcinoma account...

Cavernous hemangioma in the spine is rare, and occurrence of intradural extramedullary cavernous particularly infrequent. A 57-year-old male patient visited emergency room with suddenly worsening neurological symptoms. Computed tomography at T10-11 levels showed a round isodense mass lesion, magnetic resonance imaging 1.2-cm oval mass. Therefore, diagnosis an tumor was suspected. Active subdura...

BACKGROUND Although primary spinal cord tumors (PSCTs) comprise a minority of primary central nervous system tumors, they often impose a great deal of morbidity on their victims. Few epidemiologic studies have addressed PSCTs in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed the demographic/clinical features of all primary intraspinal tumors (with a specific focus on primary intradural spinal cord t...

in worldwide, an estimated 40 cases per 1 million people reported with new spinal cord injuries each year. people with spinal cord injuries suffer from severe physical, psychological, social and economic problems. damaged or lost cells can't be replaced when the spinal cord is injured; therefore, its function becomes disturbed permanently. despite the significant advances in the understand...

Posterolateral sulcus (PLS) approach of the spinal cord, being equivalent to the dorsal root entry zone myelotomy, may offer the satisfactory exposure of the spinal intramedullary tumor if applied appropriately. Eight consecutive patients with spinal intramedullary tumors of lateral location underwent the surgery of PLS approach in our institute. There were 6 male and 2 female patients, ranging...

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...

VHL patients develop tumors in brain, spinal cord, nerve roots, kidney, adrenal gland and extra-adrenal ganglia, pancreas, epididymis and broad ligament. VHL disease produces highly characteristic neuropathologic changes which are presented in this review. Highly vascularized tumors, hemangioblastomas, involve cerebellum and spinal cord of the majority of patients. A smaller number of patients ...

Cervical spinal neurinomas are benign tumors that arise from nerve roots. Based on their location, these tumors can also take the form of a dumbbell-shaped mass. Treatment strategies for these tumors have raised several controversial issues such as appropriate surgical indications and selection of surgical approaches for cervical dumbbell-shaped spinal neurinomas. In this report, we review prev...

Introduction. Radical surgical resections in the treatment of malignant tumors spine have proven effective improving both overall and disease-free survival patients. Indications for such interventions are primary spine, benign with aggressive growth, solitary metastatic lesions patients a favorable oncological prognosis. Due to anatomical features vertebral column, it is very difficult perform ...

STUDY DESIGN Segmental arteries were interrupted bilaterally at up to three levels to study the influence on spinal cord blood flow (SCBF) and function in dogs. OBJECTIVES Considering the need to limit blood loss during surgery for spinal tumors, such as total en bloc spondylectomy, we studied the SCBF and function after experimental interruption of segmental arteries at up to three levels. ...