Table 1 Clinical characteristics and treatments of the patients from the literature review and our institution.
From: Demographic and clinical data of patients with spinal epidural angiolipomas
Variables | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Tumor ___location | ||
Cervicothoracic | 7 | 5.9 |
Thoracic | 75 | 63.0 |
Thoracolumbar | 3 | 2.5 |
Lumbar | 29 | 24.4 |
Lumbosacral | 4 | 3.4 |
Sacral | 1 | 0.8 |
Number of vertebral bodies involved | ||
1 | 12 | 10.1 |
2 | 38 | 31.9 |
3 | 33 | 27.7 |
4 | 19 | 16.0 |
5 | 8 | 6.7 |
6 | 2 | 1.7 |
7 | 4 | 3.4 |
8 | 1 | 0.8 |
9 | 2 | 1.7 |
First symptom | ||
Paraparesis | 37 | 31.1 |
Numbness in legs | 26 | 21.8 |
Back pain | 48 | 40.3 |
Sciatalgia | 8 | 6.7 |
Surgery | ||
Total resection | 105 | 88.2 |
Partial resection | 10 | 8.4 |
Unspecified | 4 | 3.4 |
