Intradural Extramedullary Benign Tumors

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Chapter 4 Intradural Extramedullary Benign Tumors

MENINGIOMA

HISTOLOGY/GRADING

Grade I

Grade II

Grade III

RADIOLOGY

NERVE SHEATH TUMOR—SCHWANNOMA

HISTOLOGY/GRADING

Classic schwannoma (grade I)

RADIOLOGY

Seventy percent of the schwannomas are located in the intradural space (Fig. 4-9), and 15% of them occupy the extradural space. The rest of them take on a dumbbell shape (combined intradural and extradural; Figs. 4-10 and 4-11).

NEUROFIBROMA

RADIOLOGY

PARAGANGLIOMA

HISTOLOGY/GRADING

RADIOLOGY

GANGLIONEUROMA

HISTOLOGY/GRADING

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