Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from colon cancer: a case report
作者
Cheng-Chia Tsai, Cheng-Kuei Chang
卷期/出版年月
36卷4期 (2003/8)
頁次
198-202
摘要
Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis is a rare condition of systemic malignancy. We report a 41-year-old woman presenting with progressive paraparesis and acute urinary retention approximately one year after diagnosis of colon cancer. Magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) examination showed a tumor in the medullary conus. The preoperative disgnosis was ependymoma or astrocytoma. Decompressive laminectomy revealed metastatic adenocarcinoma. Postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy were also undertaken. Her neurological condition had improved two months after the operation. Unfortunately, the patient died one year later from multiple metastases in the brain, liver and lung.
關鍵詞
intramedullary metastasis, spinal cord, colon cancer, magnetic resonance imaging