title: [Metastatic carcinoma involving the cauda equina].
abstract: The case of a 60 year-old man who had an indifferenciated carcinoma in the lung is reported. He had received cobaltotherapy and had improved. After 3 months a lumbar pain had began and the patient was hospitalized. A myelography with lipiodol demonstrated and intra-dural mass. At operation a big intra-dural tumor including the cauda equina was found. The microscopic examination revealed an undifferenciated carcinoma, that inflitrated the epi and peri-nerual space.
mesh_terms: D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Metastase de carcinoma comprometendo a cauda equina