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Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors in Hubli

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Intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCT) refer to a subgroup of intradural spinal tumors that arise from cells within the spinal cord, as opposed to adjacent structures such as the nerve roots or meninges. Most commonly intramedullary spinal tumors are ependymomas, astrocytomas, and hemangioblastomas. Symptoms are pain at the site of the tumor, chronic back pain, feeling less sensitive to pain, heat and cold, loss of bowel or bladder function, difficulty walking. Causes are neurofibromatosis 2 and Von Hippel-Lindau disease. IMSCT is treated by Neurosurgeons.

Neurology deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and diseases in which the central and peripheral nervous system is involved, including their covers, blood vessels, and all of the effector tissue such as muscles. Neurosurgery or neurological surgery is the medical specialty that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, surgical treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders that affect any part of the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, central and peripheral nervous system, and cerebrovascular system. Some of the wide ranges of acute and chronic problems that can be treated by neurosurgeons are diagnoses and treats conditions of the brain, spine, and nervous system, chronic low-back pain, birth defects, benign or cancerous brain and spinal tumors, head, neck or spine injuries. Patients can consult online with neurosurgery for non-emergency problems, neurosurgeon advice, for the second opinion of a neurosurgeon, and for follow-ups cases.

When to consult online with a neurosurgeon-

• Patients should consult with a neurosurgeon when they have Brain, Spine and spinal cord, Nerves, Intracranial, and intraspinal vasculature problems.

• Patients should consult with a neurosurgeon in case of brain infection, regular head pain

• For follow-ups cases.