Spinal Cord
Tumors that are located inside the cervical spinal cord or spinal cord in the neck are called intramedullary tumors. These tumors are often benign and their symptoms may include headaches, nausea, blurred vision, and tingling or loss of sensation in limbs.
Types of spinal cord tumors include:
- Astrocytomas
- Ependymomas
- Hemangioblastomas
Spinal Column
Tumors that involve the bones of the spinal column are usually metastatic. The most common metastatic spinal tumors in women are from the breast and lung. In men, metastatic spinal tumors are most often from the prostate and lung. These tumors may cause pain.
Types of spinal column cancer:
- Chordoma
- Chondrosarcoma
- Epidural hemangiomas
- Ewings sarcoma
- Giant Cell tumor
- Lipoma
- Nerve sheath tumor
- Osteoid Osteoma
- Osteblastoma
- Osteosarcoma