Spinal cord tumor appearing as unusual pain.
METHODS
The authors report two cases of spinal cord tumors characterized by unusual pain, which is recurrent abdominal pain or cervical angina.


METHODS
These unusual pains were improved after removal of tumors in the patients.


CONCLUSIONS
The authors conclude that the pain was caused by vascular compression, bleeding in the tumor, or incomplete block of the cerebrospinal fluid flow. They recommend the use of osteoplastic laminectomy, because anatomic structure and spinal function should be preserved in young patients.
Akiyama
H
H
Department of Orthopaedics, Kobe City General Hospital, Japan.
Tamura
K
K
Takatsuka
K
K
Kondo
M
M
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery