title: Metastasis of choriocarcinoma to lumbar and sacral column.
abstract: We describe the case of a patient who reported a 4-month history of edema in the lower right limb, which was accompanied by pain and paresthesia and which progressed to flaccid paraplegia. Two years earlier she had undergone a uterine curettage for hydatidiform mole. Metastases of a choriocarcinoma to the lumbar and sacral segments of the column were diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine of Triângulo Mineiro, Av. Getúlio Guaritá, s/n, 38025-440 Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Renato Augusto
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Menegaz
authors.forename: Andréa Duarte
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Resende
authors.forename: Cléber Sérgio
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Ana Cristina Macedo
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Barcelos
authors.forename: Eddie Fernando Candido
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Murta
mesh_terms: D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012447:Sacrum; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology