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Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Spinal Cord Diseases > Spinal Cord Neoplasms > Epidural Neoplasms
Nervous System Diseases > Nervous System Neoplasms > Central Nervous System Neoplasms > Spinal Cord Neoplasms > Epidural Neoplasms
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Site > Nervous System Neoplasms > Central Nervous System Neoplasms > Spinal Cord Neoplasms > Epidural Neoplasms

Preferred term

Epidural Neoplasms  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Epidural Neoplasm
  • Epidural Tumor
  • Epidural Tumors
  • Neoplasms, Epidural

Note

  • coord IM with histol type of neopl (IM); coord IM with specific vertebrae (NIM) to locate site on spinal cord

Scope note

  • Neoplasms located in the space between the vertebral PERIOSTEUM and DURA MATER surrounding the SPINAL CORD. Tumors in this location are most often metastatic in origin and may cause neurologic deficits by mass effect on the spinal cord or nerve roots or by interfering with blood supply to the spinal cord.

History note

  • 1989

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015174

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