Brain tumors may involve either the spinal cord or brain, and include a variety of cell types that have different patterns of occurrence, different outcomes, and may have different causes. The most common types of brain tumors are gliomas, arising from structural, non-neural cells in the brain, and accounting for about 60% of primary malignant brain tumors overall. These cancers are frequently ...

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 ...

I n the developmental stage of surgery of “spinal tumors,” which term is talreii to include tumors of the spinal column, spinal cord, and associated tissues, neurologists and neurosurgcons were inclined to wait until advanced signs of compression of the cord had developed before instituting operation. However, they soon learned that earlier diagnosis and surgical treatment were necessary if the...

acute paraplegia is a rare but catastrophic complication of surgeries performed on aorta and corrective operations of vertebral column. trauma to spinal cord after spinal anesthesia and ischemia of spinal cord also may lead to acute paraplegia. acute paraplegia as a complication of general anesthesia in surgeries performed on sites other than aorta and vertebral column is very rare. here we pre...

abstract   objective: to evaluate and review our experience with pediatric spinal injuries and factors affecting outcome, the authors conducted a retrospective clinical study of 43 cases (32 boys, 11 girls) of pediatric spine injuries treated during four years (january 1999 to december 2003).   methods: forty-three children with spinal injuries were studied retrospectively over four years and w...

Introduction: Intramedullary ependymoma (IE) is adults' most common intramedullary spinal tumor. Tumors usually extend one to eight segments in the cervical region. In this case report, we reported a patient with massive IE spanning from fourth ventricle T4 segment of cord, which surgically treated laminectomy occiput Case Presentation: A 42-year-old man who known progressive upper extremities ...