title: [2 patients with paraplegia caused by spinal cord tumor metastases].
abstract: In two women, 72 and 65 years old, medullary metastases were found of a mammary adenocarcinoma and a small cell bronchial carcinoma respectively. Radiotherapy and corticosteroids led to stabilisation and functional recovery, but the patients died shortly afterwards. Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis is an infrequent but devastating complication of cancer. The treatment options are limited and the prognosis is poor.
authors.affiliation: Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit, afd. Neurologie, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Taphoorn
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Roesdi
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Heimans
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009192:Myelography; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*
vernacular_title: Twee patiënten met een dwarslaesie door tumormetastasen in het ruggemerg.