The peculiarities of morphological differential diagnostics of intradural tumor localized at the level of medullary cone and cauda equina roots

Abstract

Aim: to demonstrate the necessity of modern methods of morphological verification in the differential diagnostics of primary and secondary neoplastic lesion of spinal cord. It is shown that histogenesis of tumor cells should be regarded from the viewpoint of comparative assessment of traditional and complementary methods of morphological verification that outlines the necessity of complex differential morphological diagnostics with apparent priority of immunohisto-chemical methods for the verification of final diagnosis of metastatic lesion in a rarely seen localization.

Keywords

• differential diagnosis
• immunohistochemistry
• intradural tumor
• pathological anatomy
• spinal cord