Thoracic and lumbar intraspinal tumours associated with increased intracranial pressure

tt is easy to comprehend that spinal cord tumours located in the cervical region or the cervico-cranial junction can produce symptoms of increased intracranial pressure by mechanical obstruction of the spinal fluid pathway. It is more difficult to rationalize, however, the occurrence of these symptoms with tumours in the thoracic and lumbar spine. The rarity of this incidence is supported by the fact that only 19 cases were found in the literature. One such case encountered by the author prompted the present report. The pertinent and interesting findings associated with it and those from the literature will be discussed.