[Intradural spinal cord lipoma. Apropos of 2 cases]

The authors report two cases of intradural spinal cord. The first is located in the thoracic segment, the second has a cervico-thoracic seat. In the two cases these spinal cords lipoma are responsible for a progressive medullary compression. In this article the authors make a succinct review of the literature. They underline also the fundamental part of the MRI for the diagnosis and the injured balance sheet of the intradural spinal cord lipoma.