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Epidemiological features of spinal intradural tumors, a single-center clinical study in Beijing, China
Longqi Liu1, Liang Shi2, Yibing Su1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 31, Xinjiekou East Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100035, China.
Background:
Spinal intradural tumors are rare and heterogeneous in histological type, aggressiveness, and symptomatology, and there is a lack of data about them. This study investigated the epidemiological features of spinal intradural tumors.
Methods:
This retrospective analysis included patients with spinal intradural tumors who underwent surgical treatment at the Myelopathy and Spondylosis Ward Beijing Jishuitan Hospital between January 2012 and December 2022.
Results:
This study included 1321 patients [aged 47.19 ± 14.90 years, 603 (45.65%) males] with spinal intradural tumors. The most common histological subtype was schwannoma [n = 511 (38.68%)], followed by spinal meningioma [n = 184 (13.93%)] and ependymoma [n = 101 (7.65%)]. Fifteen (1.14%) patients were diagnosed with metastatic spinal intradural tumors as a presentation of another primary cancer type. The spinal intradural tumors were mostly found in the lumbar region [n = 436 (33.01%)], followed by the thoracic vertebrae [n = 390 (29.52%)], cervical vertebrae [n = 154 (11.66%)], and thoracolumbar region [n = 111 (8.40%)]. Schwannomas mostly affected the lumbar region [n = 256 (52.64%)], spinal meningiomas in the thoracic region [n = 153 (83.15)], and ependymomas in the lumbar region [56 (55.45%)]. The de novo metastases were mostly found in the lumbar region [n = 8 (53.33%)].
Conclusion:
According to the results of our single-center study, the most common spinal intradural tumor in Northern China is schwannoma, followed by spinal meningioma and ependymoma.
