Haemangioblastomas are true vascular neoplasms which progress inexorably to a catastrophic clinical situation if left untreated. Theyare mostly intramedullary tumours rarely seen in the extramedullary space.An unusual ease with a solitary spinal eord haemangioblastoma loeated purely in the intradural

Background: Low-grade astrocytomas are the most common pediatric central nervous system tumours. They can occur anywhere in the central nervous system and are often challenging to treat. Methods: A retrospective review to compare the response to therapy for spinal cord astrocytomas to that of brain astrocytomas. Results: Five patients had low-grade spinal cord astrocytoma and 43 had low-grade b...

Von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis (NF-1) is a phacomatosis characterised by widespread nervous system tumours with cutaneous manifestations and variably associated anomalies. We report here a case, who, in addition to classical features of NF-1 (café-au-lait spots, cutaneous and subcutaneous neurofibromas) demonstrated radiological evidence of both spinal and intracranial neurofibromas and...

Two cases are described in which, after successful removal of a cerebellar haemangioblastoma followed by several years of freedom from symptoms, there developed a progressive spinal cord compression, leading to death. At necropsy the spinal cords in both cases and the brainstem in one case, were irregularly plastered with haemangioblastoma. Although there was no doubt that malignant spread had ...

A unique set of identical twin boys with spinal and intracranial meningiomas is described. Three distinct spinal tumours and one intracranial one were removed surgically. One intracranial meningioma has been symptomless, so far. The red cell and leucocyte groups of the two patients were found to be identical, and the probability of their being monozygous was estimated from these data as being 0...

Abstract Background Vascular malformation of the spine accounted for 3–4% all intradural lesions. Spinal arteriovenous (AVM) is often missed because overlapping symptoms with other pathology and ambiguous imaging. Here, we report a conus medullary AVM that mimics intramedullary tumours either from clinical findings or MR Case presentation We 24-year-old man left foot monoparesis, paresthesia, i...

Vertebral hemangiomas are the most common tumours of the vertebral column. Generally, these tumours are asymptomatic but some patients complain of back pain and develop neurologic symptoms due to extraosseous extension. Vertebral hemangiomas can extend extradurally causing neurological impairment as a result of compression of the spinal cord and nerve roots. Vertebral hemangiomas may be multipl...

Ependymomas are the commonest type of spinal glioma which represent a group of relatively benign tumours. Myxopapillary ependymoma (MPE) is a common variant found within the distal spinal cord around the conus. These two entities are clearly differentiated on the basis of their characteristic histological and molecular features. Rare variants of MPE's are described in the literature to have the...

Vertebral hemangiomas (VHs) are benign tumours with rich vasculature. They are the most common tumours of the spine with an estimated incidence of 10% 12% of the population. Despite its high incidence, they are often asymptomatic and only 0.9% 1.2% are symptomatic. They may also be aggressive and are characterised by bone expansion, extra osseous extension of the tumour, disturbance of local bl...

Spinal cord compression due to metastases of follicular thyroid cancer usually occurs as a late complication. We report two cases of metastatic follicular thyroid cancer who presented with spinal cord compression as initial presentation. In both the cases histopathologic diagnosis was made on core biopsy of the spinal lesions. These cases highlight the importance of a thorough preoperative work...