Characteristics of cases of inflammatory pseudotumors reported in the literature that originated in the spinal canal
| Source | Age (y)/Sex | Location | Relation with Meninges | Bony Destruction | Signal Intensity on MR Images Compared with Spinal Cord | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1-weighted | T2-weighted | Contrast-enhanced | |||||
| Roberts et al, 1997 (1) | 58/F | T9–T11 | Epidural | Yes | Iso | Hypo | NR |
| Aizawa et al, 2002 (3) | 46/M | C3–C7 | Intramedullary | No | Iso | Hypo | Well |
| Jeon et al, 2005 (4) | 60/F | L | Etramedullary intradural | NR | NR | NR | Well |
| Hsieh and Lin, 1995 (5) | 37/M | T5, T12–L1 | Extramedullary intradural | No | Low | NR | NR |
| Eimoto et al, 1978 (6) | 37/M | C4–C5 | Extramedullary intradural | No | NR | NR | NR |
| Gilliard et al, 2000 (7) | 45/M | C3–T2 | Epidural | Yes | Iso | NR | Well |
| Hsiang et al, 1994 (8) | 57/M | T12–T13 | Intra- and extradural | Yes | Low | NR | Well |
| Roberts et al, 2001 (9) | 39/F | T5–T6 | Epidural | No | Iso | Hypo | NR |
| Lee et al, 1998 (10) | 3/F | C2–T10 | Intramedullary | No | NR | NR | Well |
| Kilinc et al, 2002 (11) | 34/M | T9–T12 | Intramedullary | No | Low | Hyper | Well |
| Despeyroux-Ewers et al, 2003 (12) | 22/F | T9 | Extramedullary intradural | No | Iso | Hypo | Well |
Note.—Iso indicates isointensity; Hypo, hypointensity; NR, not reported.