Spectrum of Spinal Lesions - A 5-Year Study

Introduction: Spinal lesions are divided into neoplastic lesions and non neoplastic lesions, again non neoplastic divided into inflammatory and infections like cysticercosis. Neoplastic lesions divided into benign, malignant and metastatic deposits. Aims & Objectives: 1. Spinal lesions in relation to their site, 2. Spinal lesions in relation to age and sex 3. Spinal lesions in relation to their morphology. Materials and Methods: This study is a retrospective study. A total of seventy nine cases were included in the study over a period of 5 years from June 2020 to May 2025. Results: Our study shows male are more common than females with ratio of 1.4:1 (M: F). Among 79 specimens 50 (63.3%) were Non-Neoplastic and 29 (36.7%) were Neoplastic lesions. Tuberculosis (34.2%, age 31-70yrs) is the most common spinal lesion and meningioma (17.8%, age 41-50yrs) is the most common benign neoplastic tumor observed. Discussion and Conclusion: Histopathological examination is important for diagnosis of spinal lesions. Our study shows Tuberculosis is the most common spinal lesion and meningioma is the most common benign neoplastic lesion. Carcinomatous metastasis was the most common malignant lesion. Keywords: Spinal lesions, chordoma, Pott's spine, meningioma.