title: Metastatic spinal cord tumours.
abstract: In this report 84 patients who had surgical intervention for metastatic spinal cord tumours are presented. The primary tumours were mainly from lungs, breast or of haematological origin, and were commonest in the thoracic region. In all but 2 patients laminectomy was performed. Surgical decompression permitted diagnosis, and there was neurological improvement in nearly half of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Kahramanmaras State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Acikgoz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Akkurt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erbengi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bertan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozgen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozcan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery