Table 2.
Incidence rates of primary spinal cord and appendage tumors by primary site and histology in Korea, 2006-2010
| Characteristic | Spinal meninges (C70.1) |
Spinal cord (C72.0) |
Cauda equina (C72.1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) | Ratea) | No. (%) | Ratea) | No. (%) | Ratea) | |
| Ependymoma | 2 (0.4) | 0.00 | 250 (9.0) | 0.08 | 1 (5.9) | 0.00 |
| Pilocytic astrocytic tumors | - | - | 21 (0.8) | 0.01 | - | - |
| Other astrocytoma | 1 (0.2) | 0.00 | 58 (2.1) | 0.02 | - | - |
| Tumors of spinal nerves | - | - | 1,480 (53.6) | 0.47 | 6 (35.3) | 0.00 |
| Neurofibroma, NOS | - | - | 69 (2.5) | 0.03 | - | - |
| Neurofibromatosis, NOS | - | - | 14 (0.5) | 0.01 | - | - |
| Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor | - | - | 6 (0.2) | 0.00 | - | - |
| Plexiform neurofibroma | - | - | 7 (0.3) | 0.00 | - | - |
| Neurilemoma, NOS | - | - | 1,363 (49.3) | 0.43 | 6 (35.3) | 0.00 |
| Neurilemoma malignant | - | - | 15 (0.5) | 0.00 | - | - |
| Others | - | - | 6 (0.2) | 0.00 | - | - |
| Meningioma | 485 (91.2) | 0.15 | 177 (6.4) | 0.05 | 3 (17.6) | 0.00 |
| Hemangioblastoma | 1 (0.2) | 0.00 | 73 (2.6) | 0.02 | 1 (5.9) | 0.00 |
| Other mesenchymal tumors | 6 (1.1) | 0.00 | 49 (1.8) | 0.02 | 1 (5.9) | 0.00 |
| Lymphomas | 1 (0.2) | 0.00 | 25 (0.9) | 0.01 | - | - |
| Other tumors | 3 (0.6) | 0.00 | 89 (3.2) | 0.04 | - | - |
| Unclassified tumors | 33 (6.2) | 0.01 | 541 (19.6) | 0.18 | 5 (29.4) | 0.00 |
NOS, not otherwise specified.
a)
Age-adjusted rate per 100,000 to the world standard population.