Spinal cord tumours: clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Spinal cord tumours: clinical features. Limb weakness: paraparesis or quadriparesis, Limb numbness. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Symptoms
- Limb weakness: paraparesis or quadriparesis
- Limb numbness
- Hand incoordination
- Burning dysaesthesias
- Urinary incontinence
- Radicular back pain
- Gait difficulty
Clinical signs
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Causes of papilloedema with spinal cord tumours
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Differential diagnosis: intramedullary
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Differential diagnosis: intradural extramedullary
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References
- Malhotra NR, Bhowmick D. Hardesty D, Whitfield P. Intramedullary spinal cord tumours: diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes. ACNR 2010; 10:21-26.
- Mirone G, Cinalli G, Spennato P, Ruggiero C, Aliberti F. Hydrocephalus and spinal cord tumours: a review. Childs Nerv Syst 2011; 27:1741-1749.
- Amlashi SFA, Riffaud L, Morandi X. Communicating hydrocephalus and papilloedema associated with intraspinal tumours: report of for cases and review of the mechanisms. Acta Neurol Belg 2006; 106:31-36.
- Vermersch P, Outteryck O, Ferriby D, Zéphir H. Myelitis as a differential diagnosis of spinal cord tumors. Neurochirurgie 2017; 63:349-355.
- Wein S, Gaillard F. Intradural spinal tumours and their mimics: a review of radiographic features. Postgrad Med J 2013; 89:457-469.
