Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from endometrioid adenocarcinoma.
Intramedullary spinal cord metastases are rare .The majority of these metastases reportedly spread from lung cancer in the cervical region; however, they have been seen to arise from a variety of other primary sources. Here, we report what is, to the best of our knowledge, the first known case of an intramedullary spinal cord metastatic lesion in the conus region arising from primary endometrioid adenocarcinoma.
Department of Neurosurgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.sina21@gmail.com.
Alireza
A
Khoshnevisan
Department of Neurosurgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Sina
S
Abdollahzade
Department of Pathology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Isa
I
Jahanzad
Department of Neurosurgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Anoshirwan
A
Niknezhad
Department of Neurosurgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Soheil
S
Naderi
Department of Neurosurgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Masoud
M
Khadivi
D018269:Carcinoma, Endometrioid / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy