title: Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis of ovarian tumor.
abstract: METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of a thoracic intramedullary spinal cord metastasis of ovarian tumor in a 59-year-old woman.
  
  
  METHODS
  Shiga, Japan.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case of a thoracic intramedullary spinal cord metastasis of ovarian tumor in a 59-year-old woman is reported. She received abdominal ovariectomy for the ovarian adenocarcinoma 4 years before she suffered from back pain and showed neurological symptoms. The thoracic intramedullary lesion was confirmed by preoperative magnetic resonance imaging. She showed complete paralysis before operation. The excision of the tumor was achieved through the posterior approach. Histologically, the diagnosis of metastasis of adenocarcinoma was made.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although she did not show any postoperative neurologic recovery, her general condition was good and there was no evidence of recurrence 24 months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Isoya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saruhash
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katsuura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsusue
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hukuda
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011878:Radiotherapy; D012585:Sciatica / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D016896:Treatment Outcome