[Spinal tumors: apropos of 100 cases]

One hundred cases of spinal tumors are studied concerning to the histological type, age, topography and evolution of the clinical manifestation. In the given material was identified a predominance of the tumors of the neural tissue and associated structures: neurinomas (16%), meningiomas (15%), ependymomas (4%) and astrocytomas (2%); following metastatic tumors (32%), tumors of mesenchymal tissue (16%): fibroma (2%), lipomas (2%), haemangioblastoma (4%), angiosarcoma (2%), angioma (1%), angioblastoma (1%), chordomas (2%), osteoblastoma (1%) and adamantinoid tumor (1%); tumors of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissue: plasmacytoma (6%), histiocytic lymphoma (3%), lymphocytic lymphoma (2%), Hodgkin (1%) and unclassified lymphomas (1%); teratomas: differentiated teratoma (1%).