[Spinal cord tumors simulating the clinical course of Charcot-Marie disease]

The authors describe two cases of extramedullary tumours in the vertebral canal with long (7 and 15 years) course without pains and with clinical manifestations simulating Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. It is stressed in conclusion that sporadic cases of this disease with involvement of the lower extremities only, with normal conduction velocity in the peroneal nerves should be differentiated against spinal cord tumours situated in the vertebral canal.