Abstract
The most common intradural spinal tumors are meningiomas and nerve sheath tumors in the intradural extramedullary compartment, whereas ependymomas and astrocytomas are the most common tumors of the spinal cord. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the state-of-the-art imaging modality for the diagnosis of intradural spinal tumors. Clinical data, such as patient age, symptoms, history, and laboratory findings, are helpful in the differential diagnosis, which includes infectious myelitis, autoimmune disorders (neuromyelitis optica, NMO), spinal neurosarcoidosis, and some vascular diseases (spinal cord ischemia, spinal dural arteriovenous fistula, sDAVF). The management of spinal cord tumors depends on the histopathological grade and clinical presentation. In this chapter, we review the clinical and radiological features of spinal cord tumors.
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Abbreviations
- ADEM:
-
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
- ATM:
-
Acute transverse myelitis
- DTI:
-
Diffusion tensor imaging
- DWI:
-
Diffusion-weighted imaging
- FT:
-
Fiber tractography
- HIV:
-
Human immunodeficiency syndrome
- MRI:
-
Magnetic resonance imaging
- MS:
-
Multiple sclerosis
- NMO:
-
Neuromyelitis optica
- SCD:
-
Subacute combined degeneration
- sDAVF:
-
Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula
- WHO:
-
World Health Organization
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Thurnher, M.M. (2019). Tumors of the Spine and Spinal Cord. In: Barkhof, F., Jager, R., Thurnher, M., Rovira Cañellas, A. (eds) Clinical Neuroradiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61423-6_41-1
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