title: [Metastases in the cauda equina in visceral cancers. Apropos of 2 cases].
abstract: Two new cases of cauda equina metastases from visceral cancers are reported. This diagnosis is only infrequently considered in patients with intra-dural lesions visualized by magnetic resonance imaging or saccoradiculography. The diagnosis is especially difficult in patients with no known primary cancer. Diagnosis rests on surgery during which only a biopsy is performed. Treatment is symptomatic and focuses on relieving pain. Prognosis is bleak.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU, Angers.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Favier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Menei
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alhayek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mercier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guy
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Les métastases de la queue de cheval des cancers viscéraux. A propos de deux cas.