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Table 1 Frequency, age, and gender distribution of primary spine osseous tumors

From: Epidemiological characteristics of primary spinal osseous tumors in Eastern China

Type of tumor

Number (%)

Male

Female

Male vs female

Age range (years)

Mean ± SD (age)

No.

%a

No.

%a

No.

%a

Male

Female

Total

Benign tumors

780

64.5

409

33.8

371

30.7

52.4 vs 47.6%

9–79

33.7 ± 19.2

35.9 ± 20.6

34.7 ± 19.8

Hemangioma

340

28.1

174

14.4

166

13.7

51.2 vs 48.8%

12–79

47.1 ± 14.3

51.5 ± 12.9

49.2 ± 13.7

Giant cell tumor

190

15.7

91

7.5

99

8.2

47.9 vs 52.1%

15–66

34.5 ± 11.0

32.9 ± 12.1

33.6 ± 11.5

Eosinophililc granuloma

47

3.9

36

3.0

11

0.9

76.6 vs 23.4%

10–56

23.7 ± 14.3

29 ± 17.6

23.7 ± 14.7

Osteoblastoma

53

4.4

28

2.3

25

2.1

52.8 vs 47.2%

9–54

32.6 ± 10.5

26.5 ± 15.0

28.7 ± 13.2

Fibroma

16

1.3

10

0.8

6

0.5

62.5 vs 37.5%

26–76

41.6 ± 18.2

50.5 ± 15.0

44.9 ± 17.1

Osteoid osteoma

17

1.4

8

0.7

9

0.7

47.1 vs 52.9%

16–67

31.2 ± 22.3

39.0 ± 16.8

34.6 ± 19.8

Osteochondroma

46

3.8

28

2.3

18

1.5

60.9 vs 39.1%

13–64

34.0 ± 16.6

38.7 ± 20.8

36.1 ± 18.4

Solitary bone cyst

25

2.1

8

0.7

17

1.4

32.0 vs 68.0%

15–64

29.5 ± 15.2

48.8 ± 11.9

41.1 ± 16.2

Lipoma

7

0.6

5

0.4

2

0.2

71.4 vs 28.6%

23–63

41.8 ± 16.5

31.0 ± 11.3

38.7 ± 15.2

Aneurysmal bone cyst

35

2.9

19

1.6

16

1.3

54.3 vs 45.7%

10–62

25 ± 12.5

36.4 ± 15.3

30.4 ± 14.8

Fibrous dysplasia

4

0.3

2

0.2

2

0.2

50.0 vs 50.0%

25–32

29.5 ± 3.5

27 ± 2.8

28.3 ± 3.0

Malignant tumors

429

35.5

286

23.7

143

11.8

66.7 vs 33.3%

8–81

48.3 ± 16.7

46.3 ± 16.3

47.4 ± 16.5

PNET/ Ewing’s sarcoma

17

1.4

9

0.7

8

0.7

52.9 vs 47.1%

11–46

26 ± 13.3

25.8 ± 7.9

25.9 ± 10.9

Chordoma

119

9.8

79

6.5

40

3.3

66.4 vs 33.6%

27–81

56.6 ± 15.0

53.3 ± 13.3

55.5 ± 14.1

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma

16

1.3

11

0.9

5

0.4

68.8 vs 31.2%

29–67

51 ± 14.5

50.7 ± 1.9

50.9 ± 11.3

Liposarcoma

1

0.0

1

0.0

0

0.0

NA

44

44

NA

44

Osteosarcoma

13

1.1

5

0.4

8

0.7

38.5 vs 61.5%

14–60

40.2 ± 21.0

25.8 ± 11.7

33.6 ± 18.2

Angiosarcoma

10

0.8

7

0.6

3

0.2

70.0 vs 30.0%

36–73

54.3 ± 11.3

45.0 ± 7.8

51.5 ± 10.9

Malignant neurilemmoma

30

2.5

15

1.2

15

1.2

50.0 vs 50.0%

8–71

40.4 ± 16.3

50.3 ± 12.1

45.3 ± 15.0

Plasma cell myeloma

103

8.5

75

6.2

28

2.3

72.8 vs 27.2%

10–76

49.8 ± 15.3

57.2 ± 12.6

52.0 ± 14.8

Malignant lymphoma

54

4.5

30

2.5

24

2.0

55.6 vs 44.4%

10–77

47.2 ± 21.0

46.5 ± 18.7

46.9 ± 19.6

Leiomyosarcoma

1

0.0

1

0.0

0

0.0

NA

55

55

NA

55

Chondrosarcoma

63

5.2

52

4.3

11

0.9

82.5 vs 17.5%

20–68

46.1 ± 14.5

37.3 ± 14.8

44.0 ± 14.7

Fibrosarcoma

2

0.2

1

0.0

1

0.0

50.0 vs 50.0%

30–61

61

30

45.5 ± 21.9

Total

1209

100

695

57.5

514

42.5

57.5 vs 42.5%

8–81

39.1 ± 16.9

39.6 ± 16.7

39.3 ± 16.8

  1. NA not applicable
  2. a% in all tumors