Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis detected with whole body diffusion-weighted imaging

2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Wang ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Yongbo Huang ◽  
Xixing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Diffusion Weighted Imaging ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Intramedullary Spinal Cord ◽  
Diffusion Weighted ◽  
Spinal Cord Metastasis ◽  
Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis

scholarly journals Isolated Solitary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis Presenting as the First Manifestation of Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Report of a Rare Case

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Yusuf Kurtuluş Duransoy ◽  
Mesut Mete ◽  
Mehmet Selçuki ◽  
Aydın Işisağ
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Intramedullary Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Intramedullary Lesion ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Spinal Cord Metastasis ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis

Background. Intramedullary spinal cord metastases presenting as the first manifestation of malignancies are extremely rare lesions.Case Description. The authors report a 74-year-old woman who presented with an isolated intramedullary spinal cord metastasis which presents as first manifestation of malignancy without central nervous system and/or other organ involvement. She went under surgery, and after histopathological evaluation, primary focus was determined in lung in positron emission tomography. She is still alive after 9 months since the first diagnosis of primary focus.Conclusion. In patients with solitary intramedullary lesion in the spinal magnetic resonance imaging, whole-body investigation might help for diagnosis of primary focus and approach to treatment.

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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