Department of Neurosurgery, Loghman Hakim Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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We inspected on about 110 patients of spinal tumors in the neurosurgical department of Loghman-eHakim Medical Center. According with our inspectation, we have considered the factors such as age, sex, pathology, clinical signs, radiology, kind of operation and….
cases were up to 16 years ( 15 % ) and the 17
others were adult. 62 (56%) were male and 38 (44%) were female. The most privalent spinal tumors were neurofibroma, meningioma and ependimoma. Their initial sign is weakness of limbs. We have observed positive sign in myelography (91 % ) spinal plain XRay (55%) and C.T. Scan about (100%).