[A case of intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from adenocarcinoma of corpus uteri].
The authors present a case of a woman with intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the corpus uteri. Such a case was not able to be found in the literature. A 54 year-old woman complained of right upper extremity weakness and headache. CT scan showed abnormality, and removal of a brain tumor was performed. After that, total hysterectomy, retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy and chemotherapy was carried out. Three months later, she suddenly experienced bilateral weakness in her lower extremities. After a few days she was unable to walk. Gd-DTPA enhanced MRI showed an abnormal mass at the upper part of the conus medullaris. Total removal of the intramedullary tumor was performed and adenocarcinoma was diagnosed histopathologically.
Sakuma
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Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaidou University School of Medicine.
Iwasaki
Y
Y
Isu
T
T
Akino
M
M
Sugimoto
S
S
Takahashi
A
A
Abe
H
H
Inoue
K
K
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA