title: Intradural intramedullary spinal cord metastasis due to mesothelioma.
abstract: To report the occurrence of intramedullary spinal cord metastases in a patient with a mesothelioma. A case report.
  
  
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  University medical center. A 67-year old man with mesothelioma developed paraparesis 6-months after diagnostic thoracotomy. MR spine imaging revealed an intramedullary spinal cord metastases. Cyberknife radiotherapy. Intramedullary spinal cord metastases, although rare, is increasingly recognized with spinal cord MRI. Treatment remains unsatisfactory as treatment with surgery or irradiation is only partially effective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109-1023, USA. chambemc@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Marc C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chamberlain
authors.forename: Keith D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Eaton
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Fink
authors.forename: Trent
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tredway
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
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