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Spinal Tumors Localization : Mnemonics

Epomedicine, Apr 9, 2025Apr 9, 2025

Intradural Intramedullary Spinal Tumors

Mnemonic: I HEAL

  1. Infarction
  2. Hemangioblastoma
  3. Ependymoma
  4. Astrocytoma
  5. Lipoma

Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Tumors

Mnemonic: MNM

  1. Meningioma (25%)
  2. Nerve sheath tumors (35%)
  3. Metastases
spinal tumor location
Kumar, Naresh & Tan, Wei & Wei, Wei & Vellayappan, Balamurugan. (2020). An overview of the tumors affecting the spine—inside to out. Neuro-Oncology Practice. 7. i10-i17. 10.1093/nop/npaa049.

Extradural Spinal Tumors

Lesions outside the thecal sac are categorized as extradural lesions. Remember that everything that isn’t in the thecal sac is extradural, including discs, bones, nerves, and blood vessels.

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