Metástasis en la médula espinal: una localización infrecuente: experiencia en 2 casos / Spinal cord metastases: an unfrequent location: report of 2 cases
Rev. méd. Chile
; 129(12): 1445-1448, dic. 2001. ilus
Article
in Spanish
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RESUMO
Spinal cord metastases are an uncommon secondary location of a malignant neoplasm. They are rarely diagnosed during life and when that is the case, it is in the clinical setting of a disseminated cancer and very seldom as the first clinical manifestation. We report two patients, with no previous disease, who developed a progressive myelopathy. An intramedullary spinal cord tumor was diagnosed, based on the clinical picture and imaging studies. They were operated and biopsies showed spinal cord metastases whose primary tumor was a lung neoplasm. We discuss the clinical features in these patients, the diagnosis of progressive myelopathy in cancer patients, treatment and prognosis of this unusual secondary cancer location
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LILACS
Main subject:
Spinal Cord Neoplasms
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Lung Neoplasms
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2001
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/CL