title: Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis: a rare and devastating complication of cancer--two case reports.
abstract: Two cases of very rare intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from colon carcinoma and renal carcinoma were treated primarily by microsurgical excision. A 44-year-old female presented with colon carcinoma metastasis manifesting as complete neurological deficit. She had undergone colon resection 2 years previously for colon carcinoma. The tumor was excised by microsurgery with megadose steroid therapy but she remained paraplegic. A 43-year-old man presented with renal carcinoma metastasis manifesting as incomplete neurological deficits. He had undergone nephrectomy one year previously for renal carcinoma. The tumor was removed by microsurgery. He made a remarkable neurological recovery and became ambulatory after physical therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sişli Etfal Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. alpkaya67@hotmail.com
authors.forename: R Alper
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Türker
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dalkiliç
authors.forename: Fahir
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.forename: Yunus
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aydin
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*