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Diagnostic Concept of Spinal Tumours Results of 235 Patients
Abstract
Over a period of 5.5 years 235 patients were diagnosed to derive symptoms from a spinal tumour. Cases were selected on the basis of a positive MRI, CT or CT-Myelography finding. In all patients tissue diagnosis was supported by either histology or the presence of a primary neoplasm at a different site. Tumours associated with spinal dysraphism are not included. Primary diagnosis and follow-up examinations for spinal tumour comprise 6% of CT-, 8.9% of MRI-investigations. The frequency of the different tumours and their distribution with regard to location is depicted in table 1. Compared to the literature our figures are representative taken into account that greater series in the past were frequently published in the neurosurgical literature, where metastases are infrequently operated on.
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Spinal Tumour Spinal Dysraphism Spinal Cord Disease Nerve Root Involvement Neurosurgical LiteraturePreview
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