Benign spinal cord tumour
Here you'll find our current definition of the critical illness, additional condition or child specific condition we cover. We've also listed any previous definitions we may have had. With each new definition we've highlighted what's changed from the previous definition.
March 2020
Benign spinal cord tumour
Definition merged into a combined definition with Benign brain tumour in March 2020.
Previous definitions
November 2015
Benign spinal cord tumour – resulting in permanent symptoms
A non-malignant tumour or cyst originating from the spinal cord, spinal nerves or meninges resulting in any of the following:
- permanent neurological deficit with persisting clinical symptoms; or
- undergoing invasive surgery to remove all or part of the tumour; or
- undergoing either stereotactic radiosurgery or chemotherapy treatment to destroy tumour cells.
For the above definition, the following are not covered:
- tumours in the pituitary gland;
- tumours originating from bone tissue; and
- angioma and cholesteatoma.