title: [A case of small cell lung cancer with intramedullary spinal cord metastasis].
abstract: An 83-year-old man was admitted with paraplegia and loss of all sensation below the level of umbilicus, with bowel and bladder dysfunction. Stage IV small cell lung cancer had been diagnosed two years ago and had received several courses of chemotherapies. A magnetic resonance imaging revealed an enhanced mass in the intramedullary spinal cord at the level of Th10-L1. Metastatic spinal tumor was diagnosed by clinical and radiological examinations. This is a rare case of small cell lung cancer with intramedullary spinal cord metastasis which caused various neurological symptoms.
authors.affiliation: The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Ehime University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Aki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: Hironobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kadowaki
authors.forename: Ryoji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Irifune
authors.forename: Jitsuo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Higaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*
chemical_list: D019786:Gadolinium DTPA