title: [Dissemination of melanoma cells after anterior surgery of the cervical spine].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, Cabinet medical, Immeuble MediSud, 300, avenue Saint-André-de-Codols, 30900 Nimes, France. pablo.bouillot@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bouillot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Metellus
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fuentes
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dufour
authors.forename: J-J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bonerandi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grisoli
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Dissémination tumorale sur la voie d'abord chirurgicale d'une métastase rachidienne cervicale de mélanome malin.