Clinical profile and outcome of surgical management of intramedullary spinal cord tumours: A single center study in a developing country.

Objective: There is as yet a paucity of data on intramedullary spinal cord tumours (IMSCTs) in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aims to define the clinical profile and outcome of management of IMSCTs in a Nigerian tertiary hospital.

Methods: This is a retrospective study of all the patients who had surgery for IMSCTs in our hospital over a 14 year period.

Paediatric Spinal Tumours: Profile and Treatment Outcome in a Nigerian Tertiary Institution.

Introduction: Paediatric spinal tumours are rare, accounting for 1-10% of all childhood central nervous system tumours. There is a paucity of information on spinal tumours in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is particularly so in the Nigerian paediatric population where neuro-oncologic data are limited.