Extramedullary tumors

Spinal Intradural Teratomas

The authors present a rare case of spinal intradural teratoma in an 18-year-old man and review the literature linking the development of these tumors to defects in neurulation and embryogenesis. Neu...

Azacitidine in the treatment of extramedullary relapse of AML after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

Reduced CXCR4 expression is associated with extramedullary disease in a mouse model of myeloma and predicts poor survival in multiple myeloma patients treated with bortezomib

Infections Can Trigger Hematopoiesis At Sites Outside The Bone Marrow - In The Liver, The Spleen Or The Skin

Balanced hematopoiesis is essential for the function of the immune system. During fetal development, hematopoiesis takes place mainly in the liver and the spleen. Later the process is delegated to the...

IDH1(R132H) mutation increases murine haematopoietic progenitors and alters epigenetics

Mutations in the IDH1 and IDH2 genes encoding isocitrate dehydrogenases are frequently found in human glioblastomas and cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukaemias (AML). These alterations are gai...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Screening to Identify Spinal and Paraspinal Infections Associated With Injections of Contaminated Methylprednisolone Acetate Finding Infections After Contaminated Injections

ImportanceInjection of contaminated methylprednisolone has resulted in an unprecedented nationwide outbreak of Exserohilum rostratum fungal infections, manifested initially as meningitis and/or basila...

Misonix BoneScalpel™ Subject of New Clinical Paper Focused on Spine Surgery

FARMINGDALE, N.Y., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Misonix, Inc. (NasdaqGM: MSON), an international surgical device company that designs, manufactures and markets innovative therapeutic ul...

Intradural extramedullary tuberculoma mimicking en plaque meningioma.

A 24-year-old man with tuberculosis meningitis developed acute paraplegia and sensory disturbances 5 weeks after receiving conventional antituberculous therapy. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an...

Differentiation of localization of spinal hemangioblastomas based on imaging and pathological findings.

Intramedullary + extramedullary hemangioblastomas with largely extramedullary growth are rare and often incorrectly assigned as intradural-extramedullary tumors preoperatively. Preoperative evaluati...

Spinal tumors - Part 2: Intradural Tumors. Epidemiology, Clinical Aspects and Therapy.

Intradural spinal tumors are classified in extra- and intramedullary tumors. The most frequent intradural-extramedullary tumors are meningiomas and neurinomas. Among the intradural-intramedullary tumo...

Radiological diagnostics of spinal tumors : Part 2: special diagnostics of intradural tumors and tumor-like lesions.

Intradural tumors are classified into extramedullary and intramedullary localization. A distinct attribution to one of these compartments is essential for finding the appropriate diagnosis. In the rad...

Intradural extramedullary spinal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: case report and literature review.

The authors present the case of an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor that involves the cervical spinal cord meninges, presenting in a manner mimicking en plaque meningioma, which has never been previ...