Meningiomas are the most common primary tumours of the canine central nervous system. The incidence of these tumours increases with age and they are more frequently encountered in dogs older than seven years. Meningiomas are solitary, well-defined neoplasias that more commonly grow via compression and less commonly by infiltrating the nervous tissue. Meningiomas exhibit 82% intracranial, 15% in...

PURPOSE To estimate the cost per skeletal-related event (SRE) in patients with bone metastases secondary to solid tumours in the Spanish healthcare setting. METHODS Patients diagnosed with bone metastases secondary to breast, prostate or lung cancer were included in this multicentre, observational study. SREs are defined as pathologic fracture (vertebral and non-vertebral fracture), radiation...

Meningiomas as extra axial tumours, developing from arachnoid cap cells may occur from all dural structures, cranial and spinal and rarely outside of these structures (Whittle et al. 2004). The skull base is an area with multiple neural structures as well as brain supplying adjacent arteries and veins. Meningiomas, growing on or within the skull can thus be very challenging for the neurosurgeon...

It is well known that intraspinal tumours may erode the bodies and arches of adjacent vertebrae. Rogers (1955) indicated how vascular intraspinal tumours may erode the backs of the vertebral bodies yet spare the intervertebral discs, in a manner resembling the erosion of vertebrae by an aortic aneurysm. In von Recklinghausen's disease of the nervous system neurofibromatous tumours frequently ar...

BACKGROUND The goal of surgical management of metastatic spinal tumours is to remove the tumour mass, restore spinal stability and alignment, and provide a better quality of life. A single posterior transpedicular approach, with circumferential decompression, for anterior reconstruction has been advocated to reduce the risk of complication and morbidity associated with a combined anterior-poste...

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignant tumour of the major salivary glands. It accounts for 10-15% of all salivary gland tumours and 1% of all head and neck tumours. Surgical resection followed by radiation is the choice of treatment for ACC. However, late loco-regional recurrence and metastasis is often seen emphasizing the importance of long-term follow-up. We report an unusual ca...

It is well known that intraspinal tumours may erode the bodies and arches of adjacent vertebrae. Rogers (1955) indicated how vascular intraspinal tumours may erode the backs of the vertebral bodies yet spare the intervertebral discs, in a manner resembling the erosion of vertebrae by an aortic aneurysm. In von Recklinghausen's disease of the nervous system neurofibromatous tumours frequently ar...

Case summary A 12-year-old domestic shorthair cat was presented with acute non-painful hindlimb proprioceptive ataxia localising to T3-L3 spinal cord segments. MRI revealed paravertebral muscular hyperintensity on T2-weighted images at the level of T7-T8 vertebrae. The cat improved on conservative management but deteriorated 3 months later. Repeated MRI showed meningeal enhancement at the same ...

Study design: A retrospective review of the morbidity associated with 250 consecutive cases of spinal instrumentation carried out in a neurosurgical spine unit. Objectives: To examine associated risk factors and results of treatment of those patients who sustained morbidity as a result of spinal instrumentation. Methods: The case records and imaging of all patients who had undergone spinal inst...

Although it is quite rare, second primary neoplasms in cancer patients may present with the signs and symptoms of malignant spinal cord compression. Primary spinal cord tumours in the cancer patients may be deceptive and considered as the recurrent first cancer. Therefore, it should be precisely differentiated and appropriately managed. We report such a case of intramedullary ependymoma of the ...