Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis. Case report.
The authors report a case of intramedullary spinal cord tumor in a 52-years old woman operated, 5 years before the beginning of medullary syndrome, for mammary carcinoma. Intramedullary metastasis was associated to another secondary localization in the pituitary stalk. The importance of magnetic resonance image and aggressive treatment is stressed.
Bizzozero
L
L
Department of Neurosurgery Niguarda Cà Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Ferrara
M
M
Villa
F
F
Fontana
R
R
Brusamolino
R
R
Collice
M
M
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005682:Gadolinium; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000473:pathology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*
D005682:Gadolinium