Two-level total en bloc lumbar spondylectomy with dural resection for metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Only five reports of multilevel spondylectomy for tumor have been reported in the literature, mostly in the thoracic spine. We report a successful two-level spondylectomy with en bloc dural resection in a patient with metastatic renal carcinoma to the L3 and L4 vertebrae.
Aryan
Henry E
HE
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, 400 Parnassus Avenue, A868, San Francisco, CA 94143-0350, USA. aryanh@neurosurg.ucsf.edu
Acosta
Frank L
FL
Ames
Christopher P
CP
D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery