No	Sex	Age	Magneticresonancefindings	Neurologicalexaminat ion	Level of pathology	Histopathologicaldi agnosis
1	F	59	Intramedullary, contrastenhancinglesion	Rightfoot, dorsiflexion: 0/5	T9-T10-T11- T12	Lowgradeastrocytom a
2	M	56	Intradural, extramedullary contrastenhancinglesion on therightlateralside of thespinalcord	Right plantarflexion: 4/5 Babinskiextensor	T11-T12-L1	Myxopapillaryepend ymoma (WHO Grade I)
3	F	18	A 5X3 cm lesion at paravertebralregion at thelevel of T6- 7 paravertebralregion	Bilateralhypoesthesiaa ndloss of motor power at lowerextremities	T4-T5-T6	Small roundbluecelltumor
4	M	46	A 25X12 mm lesionwithout contrastenhancement in thespinalcanal at thelevel of T4	Bilaterallowerextremiti es, motor power 1/5	T4	Fibrousmeningioma
5	M	42	Intradural, extra medullarylesion with contrastenh ancement thespinalcanal at thelevels of T4-T5	Bilateral motor power at lowerextremities: 2/5	T4-T5	Meningioma (Grade 1)
6	M	42	Intradural, extramedullary lesion of 1.5X1.5 cm at thelevels of T12-L1	Radicularpain at rightlowerextremity	T12	Myxoidschwannoma
7	F	63	Intradural, extra medullary lesion with contrastenh ancement at thelevel of T7 on rightside	Neurogenicclaudicatio n	T7	Meningioma (WHO Grade 1)
8	F	39	Extradurallesionordisc at thelevels of T10-T11	Bilateral motor power at lowerextremities: 3- 4/5	T10-11	Hyalinized, ischemicchondroidtis suefragments
9	F	41	A lesion of 18X13 mm without contrastenhancement at thelevel of L2 vertebra	Constipationandurinary retention	L1-2	Maturecysticteratoma
10	M	37	Intradural,extra medullary lesion of 11X7 mm at L1 vertebra body with heterogeneous contrastenhanceme	Bilateral motor power at lowerextremities: 3-	L1-2	Maturecysticteratoma
			nt	4/5
11	F	63	Intradural, intramedullary lesion with contrastenha ncement at thelevels of T10-T11	Right footdorsiflexion: 2/5	T10-T11	Lowgradeastrocytom a
12	M	29	Sixextramedullarylesions (thelargestonewith a size of 21X14 mm) with homogeneous contrastenhanceme nt	Bilateral motor power at lowerextremities 2/5, hypoesthesia	T3-T7	Meningoteliomatous meningioma (WHO Grade 1)
13	F	58	Intraaxiallesion of 13X7 mm in thespinalcord of at thelevel of T2-T3 with moderateandheterogenous contras tenhancement	Radicularpain, anthalgicgait	T2-T3	Ependymoma (WHO Grade II)
14	F	43	Intradural, extramedullary lesion of 47X20X15 mm in spinalcord with hypointensecontrasten hancement at T1A andmildhyperintensecontra stenhance ment at T2A sections at thelevel of L4 vertebral body.	Hypoesthesia at rightlowerextremity	L3-L4	Myxopapillaryepend ymoma
15	M	69	A softtissuemassthat extendstopediclean dtransverseprocess on leftandtowardspedicle on therightleadingt ofractureandloss of height at thelevel of L2 vertebrabody with contrasten hancementandhypointe nse T1A, isointense T2A andhyperintense STIR sequences.	Bilateral motor power at lowerextremities : 3/5	L2	B- celllymphoidneoplasi a
16	M	42	Intraaxiallesion in thespinalcord with moderateheterogen eouscontrastenhancement at thelevels of T3-T4.	Bilateral motor power at lowerextremities: 1/5	T3-T4	Ependymoma (WHO Grade II)
17	F	23	A lesion of 27x24x19 mm at thelevel of T1	Bilateral motor power at lowerextremities: 2/5	T2-T3	Meningotheliomatous / psammomatousmenin
			vertebrawithcontra stenhancement.			gioma (WHO Grade 1)
18	F	19	Intramedullarycysticlesion displaying compression thejunction of caudaandspinalcord at thelevel of L1- L2 withoutcontrastenhancement	Bilateral motor power at lowerextremities: 3/5	L1-L2	Neuroentericcyst
19	M	40	Intramedullarylesion of a sagittaldiameter of 10 mm at thelevel of L1 vertebrawithremarkable contrastenhan cement	No motor deficit	L1-L2	Myxopapillaryepend ymoma (WHO Grade 1)
20	M	45	Intramedullarylesion of 26X17X14 mm at thelevel of L2 adjacenttotheposterior of vertebra body anddisplaying compression on thespinalcord	Constipation, urinaryretention, leftdorsiflexion: 4/5	L2	Benignepithelialcyst
21	F	72	A lesion of 10x8 mm at thelevel of L2	Leftlowerextremity motor poweranddorsiflexion: 0/5	L2	Schwannoma
22	M	45	Intradural, extramedullarylesion of 8X5X6 mm at thelevel of L2 at right posteriorneigh bourhood of vertebra with contrastenhancement	Radicularpain at leftlowerextremity	L2	Schwannoma
23	F	53	Intradural, extramedullary lesion at thelevel of L1-L2, extending to left neuralforamenandcaus ing scalloping in bonytissue	Radicularpain	L1	Schwannoma
24	M	69	L4-5 An intradurallesion of 14X10X9 mm with in spinal canal with smoothmargins at thelevel of L4-L5 lesiondi splaying intensecontrastenhan cement	Radicularpain	L4	Schwannoma
25	M	39	Intramedullarylesion at levels of C2-3	Motor at	C2-C3	Ependymoma (WHO
				bilateralupperandlower limbs: 4/5		Grade II)
26	F	44	Extradural, extramedullarylesion of 25X15 mm at thelevel of L5 at posteriorvertebra with poorcontrastenh ancement	Bilateral motor power at lowerextremities: 2/5	L5	Chronicactiveinflam mationwithfoci of microabscesses
27	M	46	Intradural, extramedullary bilobulatedand communicatinglesionswith thelargest size of 47X13 mm at thelevel of C2-C3 withsignificantcontrastenhan cementa ndisointense appearance at T1 and T2A.	Neckpain	C2	Transitionalmeningio ma (Grade 1)
28	M	79	Cysticlesion of 8 mm in theposteriorpart of spinalcord at thelevelof T7-T8 without contrasten hancementandhyper intensity at intradural T2A views.	Bilateralradicularpain, bilateral motor power at lowerextremities: 3/5	T7-T8	Hyalinizedfibrocollag enousconnectivetissu ewithfocaldeposition of calcifiedhemosiderin pigment
29	F	69	A lesion of 40X37X35 mm extendingfromright posteriorpart of vertebra body torightpedicle, laminaeandtransverse process at thelevel of T9-T10 with intensecontrasten hancement.	Bilateral motor power at lowerextremities: 2/5	T9	Metastaticcarcinoma
30	M	11	A lesion of 16X10 mm at thelevel of T4 on the right posteriorpart of vertebra body with mildandhe terogeneouscontrasten hancement.	Bilateral motor power at lowerextremities: 2/5	T4-T5	Metastaticcarcinoma
31	M	86	A lesion of 23X20X16 mm at thelevel of T2 verterbra body withcontrastenhancement.	Bilateral motor power at lowerextremities: 2/5	T2-T3	Meningotheliomatous / psammomatousmenin gioma (WHO Grade 1)
32	F	46	Intradural, extramedullary lesion of 15X7X75 mm at thelevel of T1-T7 extending from lowermargin body posteriorly withcontrastenhancement.	Paraparesia	T5-T6-T7	Atypicallymphoidpro liferation
33	F	58	Lesion at thelevels of T5-T7 extendingtowardsribs on the rightside and posteriorly to paraspina lmuscles.	Bilateral motor power at lowerextremities: 1/5	T5-T6-T7	Malignantepithelialtu morinfiltration
34	M	15	Intradural, intramedullary lesion of 3X1cm with in spinalcord causingremarkabledi latation of thespinalcanal at the levels of C3-C5 without contrasten hancement and isoint ensity at T1A sequences, mildhyperintensity at STIR A sequences.	Motor at bilateral upperandlower extremities: 3/5	C4-C5	Ependymoma (WHO Grade II)
35	M	68	Lesion of 18X8 mm at thelevel of T5 posteriortothe rightside vertebra body with mild contrasten hancementandhete rogeneousnodularity.	Motor power at right lowerextremity: 1/5, leftlowerextremity: 2/5	T4-T5	Metastaticcarcinoma
36	F	70	Lesioncompressingspinal cordanterior ly on bothsides causingnarrowing of thespinalcanal. Spinal cordsegment between superioran dinferiormargins of compression leading to edemaandmyel omalaciaresulting in increasedsignalin tensity at T2A sequences.	Bilateral motor power at lowerextremities: 2/5	T6-T7	Monoclonalplasmace llinfiltration
37	F	70	Well-circumscribedintradurallesion of 16X12x8 mm in spinalcanal at thelevel of L4-L5 with homogeneousand intensecontraste	Radicularpain	L4	Schwannoma
			nhancement.
38	M	39	Intraspinalandposterior extradural lesion of 53X18X14 mm at thelevel of T12-L1 withminimum contrastenhancement.	Radicularpain, urinaryincontinence	T12-L1	Small celllymphoma
39	F	68	Bilobulatedand communicating intradu ral,extramedullarylesions of 47X13 mm remark ablecontrasten hancementandis ointensity at T1 and T2A sequences.	Radicularpain	T11-T12	Schwannoma
40	F	9	Intradural, extramedullarylesion of 38 mm diameter at thelevel of L1-L2 extendingtoleft neuralforamencausing scalloping at bonytissue	Bilateralradicularpain, bilateral motor power at lowerextremities: 3/5	L1-L2	Schwannoma
41	M	67	Lesionextendingtoribson therightside and paraspinal musclespost eriorly at thelevels of T4-T7 with heterogeneous contrastenhanceme nt.	Bilateral motor power at lowerextremities: 3/5	T4-T5-T6- T7	Metastaticcarcinoma

Table 1: Overview of descriptive, radiologic, clinicalandhistopathological data in ourseries (n=41)
(Abbreviations: F: female; M: male; WHO: World HealthOrganization; C: cervicalvertebrae; T: thoracicvertebrae; L: lumbarvertebrae)

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