Isolated Solitary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis Presenting as the First Manifestation of Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Report of a Rare Case. (25th December 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Duransoy, Yusuf Kurtuluş; Mete, Mesut; Selçuki, Mehmet; Işisağ, Aydın
• Other Names: Hashimoto R. Academic Editor.; Koide R. Academic Editor.; Mejia N. I. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in neurological medicine. Volume 2012(2012)
• Publication Date: 2012-12-25
• Subjects: Neurology -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Neurology; Nervous System Diseases; Nervous system -- Diseases; Neurology; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Periodicals; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1155/2012/617280
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6676

Abstract

Abstract : Background . Intramedullary spinal cord metastases presenting as the first manifestation of malignancies are extremely rare lesions. Case Description . The authors report a 74-year-old woman who presented with an isolated intramedullary spinal cord metastasis which presents as first manifestation of malignancy without central nervous system and/or other organ involvement. She went under surgery, and after histopathological evaluation, primary focus was determined in lung in positron emission tomography. She is still alive after 9 months since the first diagnosis of primary focus. Conclusion . In patients with solitary intramedullary lesion in the spinal magnetic resonance imaging, whole-body investigation might help for diagnosis of primary focus and approach to treatment.