DR.CHIRANJIB MURMU,RESIDENT, RADIOLOGY

CLASSIFICATION OF SPINAL NEOPLASMS

1. Intramedullary tumors

2. Intradural extramedullary tumors

3. Extradural tumors

Intramedullary tumors Single lesion: ependymoma,

astrocytoma, ganglioglioma, hemangioblastoma, subependymoma, paraganglioma.

Multiple lesion: hemangioblastoma, metastases, lymphoma.

Intradural extramedullary tumors Single lesion: meningioma, nerve

sheath tumors, intradural metastases, lymphoma/leukaemia, paraganglioma.

Multiple lesion: any of the preceding except paraganglioma.

Extradural tumors Single lesion: ABC, giant cell tumor,

osteoblastoma, osteochondroma, chordoma, chondrosarcoma, metastases, hemangioma, solitary plasmacytoma, lymphoma.

Multiple lesion: multiple myeloma, lymphoma, metastases, hemangioma.

Epidural lesions: angiolipoma, angiomyolipoma, epidural lipomatosis, lymphoma.