Neoplastic spinal cord diseases are rare but devastating neurological disorders. Primary spinal cord tumors can be classified as intraspinal, intradural, and extradural.

Spinal cord tumors can be primary or secondary, benign or malignant. The incidence of primary spinal cord tumors is rare, and primary intramedullary tumors are the rarest type of spinal cord tumor, accounting for only about 10% of all spinal cord tumors.