Nontumor lesions of spinal cord and spine

作者：Tatke Medha^*

来源：Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology, 2010, 27(3): 186-196.

DOI：10.1053/j.semdp.2010.05.004

• Non-neoplastic lesions of spinal cord
• Developmental lesions of spinal cord
• Cystic lesions of spinal cord
• Inflammatory lesions of spinal cord

Nontumor lesions of the spinal cord and spine include developmental disorders, cystic tumor-like lesions, vascular disorders, infective diseases, demyelinating diseases, degenerative diseases, metabolic and toxic disorders, and spinal cord injury. In addition, diseases of the spine and extradural spaces secondarily cause spinal cord injury. Aside from tumors, these include developmental abnormalities, inflammatory diseases, nontumor space-occupying lesions, and tumor-like lesions such as lipomas, vascular malformations, and cysts. Awareness is required of hemostatic agents used during surgery and subsequently presenting as space-occupying lesions, which have to be differentiated from recurrent lesions. On the therapeutic front, stem cell transplantation into spinal cord for treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis is a challenging prospect.

• 出版日期2010-8