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Classroom classification

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Primary intraspinal tumor

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Common symptoms

背痛、发炎、脊髓丘脑束受压、感觉障碍、运动传导束受累、植物神经功能障碍、截瘫、脊髓横贯损害、肌肉萎缩

The pathology of disease

Primary intraspinal tumor is tumor arising within spinal canal; extramedullary (schwannoma/meningioma) vs intramedullary (ependymoma/astrocytoma); cord compression.

Symptoms

Back pain; radiculopathy; weakness; sensory level; gait disturbance; bowel/bladder dysfunction

Causes

Schwannoma; meningioma; ependymoma; astrocytoma; hemangioblastoma.

Treatment

Surgical resection; radiotherapy; symptomatic; decompression

Dept

Neurosurgery / oncology.

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