Study Design. The authors report two cases of spinal cord tumors chara
cterized by unusual pain, which is recurrent abdominal pain or cervica
l angina. Methods. These unusual pains were improved after removal of
tumors in the patients. Conclusions. The authors conclude that the pai
n was caused by vascular compression, bleeding in the tumor, or incomp
lete block of the cerebrospinal fluid flow. They recommend the use of
osteoplastic laminectomy, because anatomic structure and spinal functi
on should be preserved in young patients.