title: Conus-cauda syndrome as a presenting symptom of endodermal sinus tumor of the ovary.
abstract: We report on a case of a 46-year-old woman with a conus-cauda syndrome due to an endodermal sinus tumor of the right ovary with multiple metastases in the spine and pelvic bone. Before removing the tumor surgically, combination chemotherapy was given to treat the metastases, which threatened to compromise the spinal cord.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: den Boon
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Avezaat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van der Gaast
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Koops
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Huikeshoven
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018240:Endodermal Sinus Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000473:pathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins