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 endometrio...

Solitary epidural space metastasis of a malignant tumor is rare. We encountered a 79-year-old male patient with solitary metastatic epidural tumor who developed paraplegia and dysuria. The patient had undergone total gastrectomy for gastric cancer followed by chemotherapy 8 months priorly. The whole body was examined for suspected metastatic spinal tumor, but no metastases of the spine or impor...

In forty-two cases of tumours of the glioma group giving rise to metastases, Polmeteer and Kernohan (1947) found only one pinealoma. In this case, which is recorded in detail by Bagenstoss and Love (1939), the tumour filled the third ventricle and had become implanted in the other ventricles and on the roots of most of the cranial nerves. The spinal cord was not examined. These authors also des...

A case of cord compression secondary to the carcinoid syndrome is reported. The patient made an excellent response to surgical treatment, emphasizing that active management of this unusual complication should be considered.

Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis (ISCM) is an uncommon condition of the central nervous system (CNS) cause by systemic malignant tumors. Most ISCM cases are known to occur in patients with lung cancer and breast cancer; however, ISCM also very rarely occurs in patients with colorectal cancer. For the first time in Korea, we experienced a case of ISCM arising from rectal cancer, where a 75-...

The authors describe a case of choriocarcinoma that metastasized to the cerebral cortex, vertebral body, and intramedullary spinal cord. A 21-year-old woman presented with sudden headache, vomiting and a visual field defect. Brain computed tomography and magnetic resonance examinations revealed an intracranial hemorrhage in the left temporo-parietal lobe and two enhancing nodules in the left te...

OBJECTIVES To describe a case of extramedullary-intradural metastases causing cauda equina syndrome (CES) as the primary syndrome of lung cancer, and to review the pertinent medical literature. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Intradural spinal metastasis is rare, accounting for 6% of all spinal metastases. Of all primary lesion types, lung carcinoma is about 40-85%. Extramedullary-intradural metas...