Organic and functional nervous diseases; a text-book of neurology . umma from tubercle inthe cord on inspection. It is a most unfavorable tumor for operation,but may yield to treatment. The treatment, however, is not followedby restoration of the spinal functions. TUMORS AFFECTING THE SPINAL CORD. 443 Glioma of the cord is not to be confounded with gliomatosis, althoughit occasionalty complicates this disease. (See Syringomyelia, ChapterXVII.) Glioma is an infiltrating tumor of the cord tissue not sharplydefined or encapsulated, but caus-ing a marked enlargement of one or Fig. segments
Organic and functional nervous diseases; a text-book of neurology . umma from tubercle inthe cord on inspection. It is a most unfavorable tumor for operation,but may yield to treatment. The treatment, however, is not followedby restoration of the spinal functions. TUMORS AFFECTING THE SPINAL CORD. 443 Glioma of the cord is not to be confounded with gliomatosis, althoughit occasionalty complicates this disease. (See Syringomyelia, ChapterXVII.) Glioma is an infiltrating tumor of the cord tissue not sharplydefined or encapsulated, but caus-ing a marked enlargement of one or Fig. segments. It may be moreextensive and involve the cord in agreat part of its entire length. Itdoes not involve the meninges. Itis very vascular, but rarely containscysts as do gliomata in the grows very rapidly and is im-possible of removal. It is not in-frequently associated with sarcoma,but gliosarcoma often involves themeninges as well as the cord itself. Psammona is a hard oval tumororiginating in the arachnoid or duraand lying upon the cord. It is Fig.
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