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In your experience, do benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors of the spine (intradural, extramedullary), monitored over time with mris, usually remain stable in size for the patient's lifetime?
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Usually yes: Most of them will be just a nuisance.
Answered 10/13/2013
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Depends: Benign intradural, extramedullary lesions are tumors that grow very slowly, and as such cannot remain unchanged in size over a person's lifetime.
Answered 10/23/2013
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