Solitary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis from Colon Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

• 作者: Pierpaolo Lunardi Roberto Floris Rodolfo Corinaldesi Tommaso Lunardi
• 来源期刊: 现代神经外科学进展(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: SPINAL CORD METASTASIS
• 年，卷（期）: 2014,（1）
• 页码范围: 47-51
• 页数: 5页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

It is extremely rare for cancer to present as an intramedullary spinal cord metastasis. The authors report on a case of a 74-year-old woman presenting with progressive tetraparesis to metastatic colon adenocarcinoma in the spinal cord. A review of the literature reveals that intramedullary localization is associated with a very short life expectancy, with a median survival of 3-4 months from the time of the diagnosis;nevertheless microsurgical removal of tumor can improve quality of life.