An intradural extramedullary tumor is a spinal cord tumor that causes spinal cord compression — nerves in and around the spinal cord are compressed as the tumor grows in size. The vast majority of these tumors are benign and treated with surgery.Jun 2, 2017
What is the survival rate for intradural extramedullary tumor?
Another study also showed that most type of intradural tumor have 5-year survival rate >65%, this value was true except for intradural-extramedullary metastases which has mean survival time of 5–7,3 months [11,12]. In conclusion intradural tumor have great prognosis if the tumor is resected effectively.Apr 24, 2020
