Table 1 Literature Review: Clinical characteristics of primary intramedullary spinal cord lymphoma
Characteristic | Ratio (%) |
|---|---|
Demographics | |
Sex | |
Male | 13/32 (41) |
Female | 19/32 (59) |
Age | |
≥ 40 | 25/32 (78) |
≥ 50 | 18/32 (56) |
Clinical symptoms | |
Limb weakness | 29/31 (94) |
Limb numbness | 21/31 (68) |
Neck or back pain | 14/31 (45) |
Limb pain | 1/31 (3) |
Bowel and bladder dysfunction | 15/31 (48) |
Ataxia | 6/31 (19) |
Ocular signs | 4/31(13) |
Distribution of lesions | |
Cervical segments | 17/28 (59) |
Thoracic segments | 19/28 (68) |
Lumbar segments | 8/28 (29) |
Sacral segment | 3/28 (11) |
Extramedullary involvement | 12/32 (38) |