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Legacy: "Atlast of Neurosurgery" / L.Karaguiosov, A. Ramadan, K.Karaguiosov / Kiwait/ 1998
PREV > 12. Surgical Treatment of Spinal Injury
13. TUMOURS OF THE SPINE AND SPINAL CORD
Tumours affecting the spinal canal, comprise only 10 - 15% of all tumours of the central nervous system. They can be intrathecal or secondarily invading spinal lesions. They occur with equal frequency in men and women, and are most common between the ages of 20 and 60 years. The most common tumour affecting the spinal cord is metastatic carcinoma. Primary benign tumours are rare and can be found more frequently in the first two decades of life. Of the primary intrathecal tumours about 30% are neurinomas, 26% meningiomas and 15% gliomas or ependymomas, and 29% others (Fig. 13-1).