[Dissemination of melanoma cells after anterior surgery of the cervical spine].
We describe a previously unreported complication after anterior surgery of the cervical spine for melanoma. Ten days after the surgical procedure, a 51-year-old man presented a huge cystic cervical metastasis along the surgical route. The pathophysiology and the surgical risk of the procedure are discussed.
Bouillot
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Service de Neurochirurgie, Cabinet medical, Immeuble MediSud, 300, avenue Saint-André-de-Codols, 30900 Nimes, France. pablo.bouillot@wanadoo.fr
Metellus
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Fuentes
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Dufour
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Bonerandi
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Grisoli
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D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Dissémination tumorale sur la voie d'abord chirurgicale d'une métastase rachidienne cervicale de mélanome malin.