Development of a novel prediction model for differential diagnosis between spinal myxopapillary ependymoma and schwannoma

Study population

This retrospective study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (Samsung Medical Center Institutional Review Board, file no. 2023-04-132–001), which waived the requirement for informed consent. All methods in this study were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. We initially identified 363 consecutive patients who underwent surgical removal of spinal intradural extramedullary tumors at our institution and preoperative spine MRI between January 2012 and December 2022. Among these, we identified 24 patients with surgically confirmed…