Table 3.

Neoplastic lesion summary

Neoplastic lesions	Location	Length and segment distribution	Enhancement
Astrocytoma	Thoracic > cervical	4–7 Vertebral bodies	Heterogeneous
Ependymoma	Cervical > thoracic	4 Vertebral bodies	Solid Heterogeneous
Hemangioblastomas	Thoracic > cervical Eccentric, may be exophytic	Short segment	Nodular Feeding vessel
GBM	Nonspecific	Nonspecific	Irregular Heterogeneous
Metastasis	Cervical > thoracic > lumbar	Multiple Several segments	Small compared to extent of edema