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[1] [13] Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is a promising treatment option for benign spinal nerve sheath tumors, though more research is currently needed to determine effectiveness across different tumor types and to establish adequate clinical guidelines. [1]
A nervous system tumor is a tumor that arises within the nervous system, either the central nervous system (CNS) or the peripheral nervous system (PNS). [1] [2] Nervous system primary tumors include various types of brain tumor and spinal tumors, such as gliomas, and meningiomas (of the CNS), and schwannomas (of the PNS) and can be either benign or malignant.
About 10% of ependymomas are benign myxopapillary ependymoma (MPE). [7] MPE is a localized and slow-growing low-grade tumor, which originates almost exclusively from the lumbosacral nervous tissue of young patients. [7] On the other hand, it is the most common tumor of the lumbosacral canal comprising about 90% of all tumoral lesions in this ...
The diagnosis of spinal tumors is challenging, as the symptoms can be non-specific and often mimic more common and benign degenerative spinal diseases. A comprehensive medical examination is necessary to look for signs or symptoms that may point towards a more serious condition.
Definitive diagnosis is made by tumor biopsy. [12] Surgery is the most common method of treating peripheral nerve sheath tumors. [11] In malignant tumors, complete resection is the only known curative treatment (with a sufficiently wide margin or even amputation to improve prognosis). [12]
Neurofibromatosis type II (also known as MISME syndrome – multiple inherited schwannomas, meningiomas, and ependymomas) is a genetic condition that may be inherited or may arise spontaneously, and causes benign tumors of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. The types of tumors frequently associated with NF2 include vestibular ...
Some 40% of patients with symptomatic Tarlov cysts can associate a history of trauma or childbirth. [4] Current treatment options include CSF aspiration, fibrin-glue therapy, laminectomy with wrapping of the cyst, among other surgical treatment approaches. Interventional treatment of Tarlov cysts is the only means by which symptoms might ...
Malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumor (previously known as melanotic schwannoma) is a rare aggressive peripheral nerve sheath tumor that typically develops in conjunction with spinal or visceral autonomic nerves, consisting uniformly of Schwann cells displaying melanocytic differentiation.