Spinal subarchnoid metastatic spread from non-neuraxial primary neoplasms. Case report.
A rare case of metastasis to the spinal subarachnoid space from a non-neuraxial primary tumor is presented. Dissemination was shown by computerized tomography to be via the cerebrospinal fluid from secondary deposits in the central nervous system and meninges. This route would seem to be the most common mode of spread to the spinal subarachnoid space.
D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011859:Radiography; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms