Table 1.
Cases of intradural extramedullary spinal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
| Age/sex | Location | Physical examination | Time to diagnosis (months) | MRI characteristics | Treatment | Postoperative neurological state | Recurrent (R)/multicentric (M) | Follow-up (months) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | T1 Gado | T2 | |||||||||
| Eimoto et al. [5] | 37/M | C4–C5 | Spinal cord compression | 12 | NA | NA | NA | GTR + radiotherapy | No deficit | No | 9 |
| Mirra et al. [10] | 39/F | C7 | Spinal cord compression | NA | NA | NA | NA | GTR | Improvement until recurrence | R | 36 |
| Hsiang et al. [6] | 57/M | T3, T12–L3, falx cerebri | Radicular pain and spinal cord compression | 6 | NA | + | NA | GTR | No deficit | R and M | 84 (7 years) |
| Hsieh et al. [7] | 37/M | T5, T12–L1 | Back pain and spinal cord compression | 6 | Hypo | NA | NA | GTR | No deficit | M | 14 |
| Lacoste-Collin et al. [9] | 22/F | T9 then diffuse | Back pain and spinal cord compression | 3 | Iso | + | Iso-hypo | Sub-total resection | Slow recovery | R and M | 24 |
| Brandsma et al. [4] | 33/F | C6–C7, cranial nerves | Radicular pain and spinal cord compression | NA | NA | NA | NA | Surgery | No improvement | M | NA |
| Jeon et al. [8] | 60/F | Lumbar spine | Back pain | NA | NA | NA | NA | GTR | NA | No | NA |
| Boutarbouch et al. [3] | 30/F | C4–T2 | Spinal cord compression | 2 | Iso | NA | Hypo | GTR | Progressive recovery | No | 6 |
| Yoon et al. [11] | 56/F | L5 | Low back pain | 48 | Iso | + | Iso | GTR + interbody fusion | No pain, toe paresthesia | No | 24 |
| Present case | 43/M | C6–T1 | Radicular pain | 4 | Iso | + | Hypo | GTR | Incomplete recovery | No | 14 |
M male, F female, Gado gadolinium, NA not available, + enhancement after gadolinium infusion, hypo hypointense, iso isointense, GTR gross total resection