Introduction: Spinal tumors are rare in the pediatric population, presenting many specific peculiarities when compared to adults. We have performed a broad narrative review to describe the most common spinal tumors in children, discussing their main characteristics and management options. Method: The authors have performed an extensive review of the peer-reviewed literature addressing the afo...

: Glomus tumors are rare lesions that can arise anywhere along the spinal axis. Only 12 cases have been reported. We report a case of patient with glomangioma thoracic spine. Following review previous is discussion glomus tumors, including clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment. A single, recent arising from extradural space spine described, followed by literature tumors. Including our...

tumors that originate from the nerve sheath comprise diverse groups -perineuroma, neurofibroma and schwannoma. the epithelioid variant of these tumors is uncommon and mostly seen in malignant counterparts. although this type of morphology is well recognized in peripheral nerve sheath tumors, its presence in the central nerves is rarely reported. very few cases of nerve sheath tumors have been r...

Copyright © 2009 by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Benign and malignant tumors of the spinal column and spinal cord are a common and costly clinical problem, causing significant morbidity. Metastatic disease to the spine is the most common presentation; approximately 160 000 new spinal metastases are diagnosed in the United States each year, resulting in considerable pain, functional imp...

Background: Spinal meningiomas are frequent tumors and they may be associated with other tumors involving central nervous system or other systems, especially in the patients with some syndromes such as neurofibromatosis or multiple endocrine neoplasia. However, spinal angiolipomas are quite rare benign tumors, and they are generally solitary lesions. There is only one case whose spinal angiolip...

Meningioma is considered as a benign central nervous system tumor that accounts for approximately 18% of all brain tumors. About 5% of meningioma tumors are malignant and have more aggressive clinical signs and worse prognosis compared to benign tumors. Extracranial metastasis of meningioma is rare but in the case of occurrence, it is more prevalent in lung, liver and lymph nodes. Osseous metas...

clear cell variant of ependymoma is almost exclusively located in the supratentorial region. only few cases of this tumor that located in the spinal cord have been reported. here we report one case of intramedullary clear cell ependymoma of the lumbar spinal cord. in microscopic examination, the tumor cells were round to oval with moderate amounts of clear cytoplasm and centrally located large ...