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versusvasculitis).
SpinalIntramedullaryAbscess
Intramedullaryabscess formation is also distinctly uncommon. Such abscesses areusuallysolitarybutmayoccurmultiply.Mosthavebeendescribedatmid-to low thoracic levels. Over half appear to have resulted from hematogenous dissemination, and about 20% develop contiguously from an adjoiningsite of infection,suchasvertebralosteomyelitis(51).Staphylococcusaureusisthemost commonlyisolatedorganism.Thepresenceofacapsuleandthepredominating inflammatory cell type (lymphoplasmacytic or neutrophilic) will depend on whethertheinfectionischronicoracute.
SuppurativeSpinalLeptomeningitis
Spinalsubarachnoidsuppurationaccompaniesthatseenintracranially.Following large-scale immunization against type b Hemophilus influenzae, bacterial meningitisis now predominantly a disease of adults (52). In the post-neonatal period, Streptococcus pneumoniae accounts for approximately one-half and Neisseriameningitidisforone-quartertoone-thirdofcases(53,54).
Pathologically, the exudate tends to localize by gravity along the dorsal surface of the lower thoracic spinal cord (Figure 3.19). It mainly consists of neutrophils for the first few days, after which time lymphocytes and fibrin appear.Afteraweek,microglialcellswithintheunderlyingparenchymabeginto proliferate.If the exudatesextends into theunderlyingneural parenchyma,the resultisameningomyelitis.Healingischaracterizedbyfibroblasticorganization ofthe exudates. Local complications mayincludeocclusivevasculitis, abscess formation,oradhesivearachnoidopathy.
OtherBacterialInfections
Tuberculosis of the spine may lead to vertebral body collapse, usually in the thoracicor lumbarregion. Chronicepiduralabscess formationmayalso occur. Tuberculousspinal meningitis is virtually always associated with concomitant intracranialinfection.
Tabes dorsalis represents the classical spinal form of neurosyphilis and is rarely seen today. The lumbosacral region is most frequently affected. Pathologically, there is degeneration of the dorsal root ganglia, dorsal spinal
roots, and posterior columns (Figure3.20), without evidence of infiltration by inflammatory cells or stainable microorganisms. The pathogenesis of this conditionisnotunderstood.
ViralInfectionsoftheSpinalCord
Many viral agents are capable of producing myelitis. Only few have been describedhere.
FIGURE3.19Acute suppurativeleptomeningitisduetoHemophilus influenzaeina14-month-oldchild.Theexudateisconfinedwithinthe subarachnoidcompartmentandisheavieralongthedorsalsurface.
FIGURE3.20Tabesdorsaliswithinthecervicalspinalcordshowing darkening within the posterior columns due to loss of myelinated axons.
Poliovirus is a single-stranded RNAenterovirus that, on the rareoccasion when symptomatic CNS involvement occurs, tends to damage spinal anterior horn cells and other motor neurons, presumably because they bear relatively largenumbersofviralsurfacereceptors.Histologically,intheactivephaseofthe disease, the affected areas show the presence of many pleomorphic microglia with evidence of neuronophagia. At later stages, there is striking focal tissue pallor(Figure3.21) withnerve cell loss and astrocytosis andshrinkage of the ventralspinalroots.
West Nile virus, a culex mosquito-borne member of the flavivirus phylogenetic group, is harbored in birds but is capable of infecting many animals.SymptomaticCNSinvolvementisuncommonbut,whenitdevelops,is seen in widespread distribution. Pathologically, it is characterized by the presenceofneuronalnecrosisandneuronophagia,microglialnoduleformation, andperivascularcuffingbymononuclearinflammatorycells.Asmallsubsetof patients will develop a poliomyelitis-like syndrome characterized by flaccid paralysis; in such cases, spinal anteriorhorn pathology is strikingly similar to thatobservedwithpoliovirusinfection(55).
FIGURE3.21Focaltissuepallorwithinthespinalanteriorhornsofa patientwhohadsufferedparalysisafterhavingsufferedacuteanterior poliomyelitis27yearsearlier.
FIGURE 3.22 AIDS-associated vacuolar myelopathy showing nonsystematizedmicrocysticrarefaction within the dorsal and lateral whitematter.Thepatternofdamagecloselyresemblesthatofvitamin B12deficiencymyelopathy.
After varicella-zoster virus infection, the agent is typically stored within spinal dorsal root ganglia. In subjects who have been immunosuppressed (particularlythosewithAIDS),recrudescenceofinfectiontypicallyresultsinthe appearanceofadermatomaleruption.Pathologically,thedorsalrootganglionat that level shows the presence of a ganglioradiculitis, sometimes withCowdry typeAintranuclearinclusionbodyformation.Onrareoccasionthismayleadto the development of a granulomatous vasculitis or a focal necrotizing myelopathy.
HIV-infectedindividualsmaydevelopasymptomaticmyelopathy(vacuolar myelopathy of AIDS) that is clinically characterized by spastic paraparesis, impairmentof proprioception, and posterior column ataxia, andpathologically by nonsystematized vacuolar degeneration, particularly within the dorsal and lateralfuniculi(Figure3.22)thatcloselyresemblesthatassociatedwithvitamin B12deficiencymyelopathy(56).
Other viral agents that may be associated with myelitis, such as herpes simplexvirustypes1and2,cytomegalovirus,andhumanT-cellleukemiavirus typeI,typicallyproducenecrotizinglesions.
NEOPLASMSWITHINTHESPINALCANAL
Although virtually any neoplasm that occurs within the cranial cavity can be seen within the spinal canal, the most common spinal neoplasms are nerve
sheath tumors and meningiomas (which are extramedullary and intradural), ependymomas and astrocytomas, (which are intramedullary), and secondary (metastatic) tumors (which are more commonly extramedullary but may be intramedullary)(57–59).
Nerve sheath tumors are of two types: schwannomas and neurofibromas. Schwannomas,whichaccountforroughly30%ofprimaryspinalneoplasms,are benign and tend to occur at and below lumbar regions. When multiple, they should raise the suspicion that type 2 neurofibromatosis (NF-2 or “central” neurofibromatosis) may be present. These sharply circumscribed extra-axial neoplasms,two-thirdsofwhichareextradural,areusuallysituatedwithindorsal spinal nerve roots (Figure 3.23). They are composed of spindle-shaped cells arranged in interlacing fascicles and typically show both compact (Antoni A) andloose-meshed (Antoni B) areas with nuclear palisading and Verocay body formation, nuclear atypia, vascular hyalinization, and immunoreactivity for S­100protein.
FIGURE3.23Schwannomaaffectingaspinalnerveroot.
Neurofibromas, which are also of Schwann cell origin, account for about 25% of primary spinal neoplasms. These benign tumors are typically encounteredwithintheintraduralportionsofdorsalspinalnerveroots.Theyare
usually solitary and, when seen multiply, should raise the suspicion that the patientmay be sufferingfrom type 1 neurofibromatosis (NF-1 or “peripheral” neurofibromatosis).Pathologically,thesefusiformlesionstendtoseparaterather than displace nerve fibers. Typically, they are composed of spindle-shaped or stellatecells in a loose connective tissuematrixand, like schwannomas, show immunoreactivityforS-100protein.
Meningiomas, which account for approximately 25% of primary spinal neoplasms, are benign intradural lesions that are most commonly observed at thoracic levels (Figure 3.24). Roughly 80% of affected subjects are women. When meningiomas occur multiply, the possibility of NF-2 should be considered. Pathologically, these tumors, which are of arachnoidal cell origin, are composed of uniform, process-bearing cells with abundant cytoplasm and roundtoovalvesicularnuclei,withatendencytowardwhorlingandpsammoma bodyformation.
Ependymomas are low-grade glial neoplasms that are observed most frequently within the cauda equina and the lumbosacral region. The most commonsiteoforiginisthefilumterminale(Figure3.25),presumablybecause of the presence of residual nests of cells left by the embryonic ventriculus terminalis.Ependymomasarewellcircumscribedlesionscomposedofprocess­bearing cells with uniform vesicular nuclei, a tendency toward perivascular pseudorosetteformation,and,occasionally,thepresenceofependymalrosettes. Mostoftheneoplasmsarisinginthecaudaequinaareofmyxopapillarytypeand arecharacterizedbythepresenceoftumorcellsarrangedaroundbloodvessels thatareseparatedbyamucopolysaccharide-richstroma.
FIGURE 3.24 “Dumbbell” spinal meningioma with both extradural andintraduralcomponents.
FIGURE3.25Filumterminaleependymoma.
FIGURE 3.26 Spinal intramedullary metastasis of small cell
carcinomaofthelung.
Some80% to 85% of spinal astrocytomasarise in the cervical or thoracic regions. These infiltrative neoplasms are typically associated with fusiform enlargementofthe spinalcord andare composedof stellateor spindle-shaped,
process-bearing cells with rounded or oval vesicular nuclei that show immunoreactivity for glial fibrillary acidic protein. Higher-grade neoplasms show a greater degree of nuclear pleomorphism with a higher proliferation index,evidenceofvascularhyperplasiaandtumornecrosis.
Metastasesproduce symptomaticspinal corddysfunction usuallyfollowing involvementof the vertebral column, especially in the thoracicregion.Rarely, metastasis may develop within the spinal leptomeninges or within the spinal cordparenchyma(Figure3.26).Lungisthemostcommonprimarysiteinboth menandwomen,andbreastisacommonsiteinwomen.
In most cases of spinal cord “compression” due to metastatic extradural disease,thespinalcord,whenexaminedpathologically,typicallydoesnotshow deformityofthetypethatmightbeexpectedonthebasisofdirectcompression. Rather,therearewedge-shapedfociofperivenousmicrocysticrarefaction,often with hemorrhagic extravasation (Figure 3.27). This finding, coupled with experimental evidence, suggests that spinal cord damage associated with vertebral/epidural metastatic disease is attributable largely to epidural venous obstruction(60).
FIGURE3.27 Ischemic perivenous microcystic rarefaction at spinal T7, particularly dorsally and laterally, owing to epidural venous obstructionbymetastaticprostaticadenocarcinoma.
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