SummaryFour cases of spinal cord compression, with symptoms and signs evolving over several years or as quickly as two days, are presented. The symptoms and signs of extrinsic cord compression are described and briefly contrasted with those of intrinsic cord or cauda equina lesions. The need for early clinical diagnosis is emphasised.
Myxopapillary ependymoma is a type of glioma and arising from supportive tissue of brain and spinal cord. It grows slowly.1 The subcutaneous myxopapillary ependymoma is quite rare tumour and mostly develop in children and adolescents.2 Several cases of ependymoma are reported in literature with only one case is reported in Asian population. We are reporting a case of 23 years old male having swelling below sacral region and diagnosed clinically as lipoma. The swelling was excised and diagnosed as subcutaneous myxopapillary ependymoma histologically.
Surgical section.Meeting December 18, 1929Prof. Ya.M. Bruskin. Myeliography and its clinical and experimental evaluation. A new method, proposed in 1921. Early clinical diagnosis of diseases of the spinal cord is difficult, and the establishment of the exact localization is even more so. Myelography in some cases is a valuable diagnostic method. Contrast agents are used for this: iodipine (20-40%) or lipiodol. Both drugs are satisfactory in terms of contrast, but can cause irritation and changes in the membranes.
Suspected epidural compression of the spinal cord and cauda equina by metastatic carcinoma clinical diagnosis and survival
