Neurológia pre prax 4/2009
Clinical manifestations of spinal and spinal cord tumours
Spinal and spinal cord tumours are relatively uncommon, but medically serious conditions. The paper summarizes the clinical manifestations of both primary and metastatic tumours and the differential diagnosis of spinal cord compressions is briefly discussed.
Keywords: spinal cord tumours, spinal tumours, intramedullary tumours, extramedullary tumours, intradural tumours, progressive incomplete spinal cord lesion, complete transverse spinal cord lesion, spinal cord injury syndromes.
