scholarly journals Surgical management of intramedullary spinal cord metastasis

2020 ◽  
pp. 343-346
Author(s):  
A. Khelifa ◽  
W. Bennabi ◽  
L. Berchiche ◽  
B. Yakoubi ◽  
F. Aichaoui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Surgical Management ◽  
Conservative Management ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Rare Complication ◽  
Intramedullary Spinal Cord ◽  
Management Protocol ◽  
Spinal Cord Metastasis ◽  
Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis

Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis (IMSCM) is a rare complication of malignancies still studied by case reports; although surgery is related with the best results, the management is still debated considering the risks and the low life expectancy; in fact, many authors prefer conservative management (radiotherapy, chemotherapy), and so less than 200 cases reported in the literature with patients IMSCM were treated surgically; reporting such cases will help to understand the pathology and elaborate a clear management protocol. We report three cases of IMSCM operated at our department; in those patients, the intramedullary lesions revealed the primary tumours.    

A rare intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from uterine leiomyosarcoma

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 1309-1312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee A. Tan ◽  
Manish K. Kasliwal ◽  
Sukriti Nag ◽  
John E. O’Toole
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Uterine Leiomyosarcoma ◽  
Intramedullary Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Metastasis ◽  
Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis

scholarly journals Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis in malignancies: an institutional analysis and review

2019 ◽  
Vol Volume 12 ◽  
pp. 4741-4753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jincai Lv ◽  
Bailong Liu ◽  
Xiaoyue Quan ◽  
Cheng Li ◽  
Lihua Dong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Institutional Analysis ◽  
Intramedullary Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Metastasis ◽  
Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis

Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis and multiple brain metastases from urothelial carcinoma

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 1405-1407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amr Abdulazim ◽  
Manuel Backhaus ◽  
Martin Nikolaus Stienen ◽  
Mustafa Citak ◽  
Benjamin Brokinkel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Brain Metastases ◽  
Urothelial Carcinoma ◽  
Intramedullary Spinal Cord ◽  
Multiple Brain Metastases ◽  
Spinal Cord Metastasis ◽  
Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis

scholarly journals Perineural invasion in intramedullary spinal cord metastasis

2020 ◽  
Vol 102 (5) ◽  
pp. e94-e96 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Jayakumar ◽  
H Ismail ◽  
S Athar ◽  
N Ashwood
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Brachial Plexus ◽  
Perineural Invasion ◽  
Surgical Excision ◽  
Cervical Cord ◽  
Limb Weakness ◽  
Intramedullary Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Metastasis ◽  
Plexus Lesion ◽  
Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis

A woman in her late sixties was referred to the orthopaedic clinic with progressive lower limb weakness and gait disturbance. She was known to have breast cancer with pre-existing infiltrative disease in the left brachial plexus. Magnetic resonance imaging of the spine revealed an intramedullary spinal cord metastasis in the lower cervical cord at C6–C7. She underwent surgical excision but died within six weeks of surgery. This rare case of an intramedullary spinal cord metastasis highlights the extremely poor prognosis in this condition as well as the possibility of perineural invasion into the spinal cord from the brachial plexus lesion. A detailed discussion of the literature on intramedullary spinal cord metastases is also presented.

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