Epidermoid cyst in the spinal cord is a rare condition. It constitutes of only 0.6-1.1% of all spinal tumors. When they occur, the typical location is in the subdural, extramedullary space of the lumbo-sacral region.We report a forty-two -year-old female who presented with left extremity radicular pain and myelopathy. MRI of the thoracic spine,illustrated a focal fusiform enlargement of the tho...

purpose: to report a case of spinal cord tumor with visual symptoms and papilledema due to increased intracranial pressure. patient and findings: a 24-year-old woman was referred because of recent blurred vision in both eyes. visual acuity was 20/25 and 20/20 in the right and left eyes, respectively. fundoscopy revealed bilateral papilledema. other ophthalmic examinations were normal. visual fi...

OBJECTIVE A spinal cord subependymoma is an uncommon, indolent, benign spinal cord tumor. It is radiologically similar to a spinal cord ependymoma, but surgical findings and outcomes differ. Gross total resection of the tumor is not always feasible. The present study was done to determine the clinical, radiological and pathological characteristics of spinal cord subependymomas. METHODS We ret...

Primary spinal cord melanoma is a rare central nervous system malignant tumor. Usually it resembles an intradural extramedullary (IDEM) nerve sheath tumor or melanoma. We experienced a patient with upper thoracic primary IDEM spinal cord melanoma who was diagnosed to be with hydrocephalus and without intracranial lesions. Initial symptoms of the patient were related to the hydrocephalus and the...

Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) stimulates an inflammatory reaction that causes substantial secondary damage inside the injured spinal tissue. The purpose of this study was to determine the anti-inflammatory effects of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) on traumatized spinal cord. Methods: Rats were randomly divided into four groups of 12 rats each as follow: sham-operated group, trauma group...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Because intramedullary spinal cord metastasis is often a difficult diagnosis to make, our purpose was to perform a systematic review of the MR imaging and relevant baseline clinical features of intramedullary spinal cord metastases in a large series. MATERIALS AND METHODS Consecutive patients with intramedullary spinal cord metastasis with available pretreatment digital...

Teratoma is a type of multipotential cell tumor, which includes a mixture of two or three germinal layers of ectodermis, endodermis, and mesodermis. Although neonatal sacrococcygeal teratoma has been frequently reported, its occurrence in older age is not common. In this study, we report a rare case of spinal intradural mature cystic teratoma in a 16-year-old male, emphasizing on considering th...

Real-time sonography during surgery for intraspinal tumors is capable of demonstrating the extent of the tumor, its relation to the spinal cord, and the internal morphology of both the tumor and the cord. Such information is not obtainable intraoperatively by any other imaging method. It is especially valuable when all or a part of the tumor is anterior to the cord and therefore not visible to ...

spinal cord injury (sci) is a crucial complication that results in neurons degeneration. the sci lead to triggering of secondary complications such as inflammation that in turn has a key role in neurodegeneration development. the previous studies showed that tnf-α and inos genes expression increased significantly after sci. as a consequence, these genes overexpression intensify the inflammation...

background: spinal cord injury (sci) stimulates an inflammatory reaction that causes substantial secondary damage inside the injured spinal tissue. the purpose of this study was to determine the anti-inflammatory effects of epigallocatechin gallate (egcg) on traumatized spinal cord. methods: rats were randomly divided into four groups of 12 rats each as follow: sham-operated group, trauma group...