title: Tumours within the spinal column.
abstract: Sixty-six cases of mass lesions compressing the spinal cord are presented. The masses were neoplastic in 86.36% of the cases. Epidural masses (80.30%) remain by far the largest group, consisting chiefly of Burkitt's lymphoma and various metastatic carcinomas. Only 6.06% of the lesions were intramedullary and the glioma/paraglioma remains virtually absent.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000150:complications; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology