Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis: A Rare and Devastating Complication of Cancer - Two Case Reports

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 612-615

  Kaya, R Alper ^a,c   Dalkiliç, Türker ^a   Özer, Fahir ^b   Aydin, Yunus ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer complication; Intramedullary metastasis; Paraplegia; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD CANCER; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0942276883     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.43.612     Document Type: Article

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