Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis.
Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis (ISM) is uncommon. It is one of the causes of a noncompressive myelopathy in a patient with systemic cancer. It is very difficult to diagnose clinically and on myelogram. We found the Magnetic Resonance Imaging appearance very useful in its diagnosis. We report one proven case of ISM to illustrate the diagnostic and therapeutic problem.
Department of Neurology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
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D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery