[Ischemic disorders complicating spinal cord tumors].

Ischemic spinal apoplexy was diagnosed in 20 of 221 patients (9%) with extramedullary tumors of the spinal cord. The clinical picture in most cases was characterised by rapid development of motor and sensory disorders. Patients with tumours of meningovascular origin localized on the anterior and anterolateral surfaces of the spinal cord prevailed. Ischemic apoplexy was encountered most frequently when the tumours of the spinal cord were localized in the "critical zone" in D3-5 respectively.