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. 2024 Mar 22;12(3):e7789. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7789

TABLE 4.

Main tumors that can cause spinal cord compression in childhood.

Neoplasms of the spinal cord
Extradural Intradural
Epidural Osteo‐cartilaginous Peri‐vertebral Intramedullary Extramedullary

  • Leukemia

  • Lymphoma

  • PNET

  • Germ cell tumors

  • Lipoma
  • Ewing's sarcoma
  • Osteo‐sarcoma
  • Osteoid osteoma
  • Osteoblastoma
  • Langerhans cell histiocytosis
  • Aneurismatic bone cysts
  • Hemangioma
  • Sacrococcygeal teratoma
  • Lymphoma
  • Leukemia

  • Neuroblastoma

  • Ganglioneuroma

  • PNET

  • Astrocytoma

  • Ependymoma

  • Ganglioglioma

  • Lipoma

  • Neurofibroma

  • Schwannoma

  • Meningioma

  • Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors

  • Myxopapillary ependymoma

  • Dermoid/epidermoid cysts

  • PNET

  • Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors

  • Lipoma