[Diagnostic possibilities of computer tomography in spinal and paraspinal space-occupying lesions]

Characteristic CT findings of intramedullary, intradural and epidural as well as of vertebragenic and paraspinal tumours are described, basing on literature and on the authors patient material. The value of CT is discussed and compared with that of other imaging modalities. Attention is also drawn to the value of i.v. application of contrast medium and of primary or secondary CT myelography.