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  • Title: Metastatic carcinoid presenting as a spinal tumor.
    Author: Kirkpatrick DB, Dawson E, Haskell CM, Batzdorf U.
    Journal: Surg Neurol; 1975 Sep; 4(3):283-7. PubMed ID: 1179246.
    Abstract:
    A case of carcinoid tumor metastatic to the thoracic spine with associated myelopathy is described. Multiple posterior explorations were singularly unsuccessful in locating and indentifying the metastasis, but an anterior transthoracic exposure allowed identification of the tumor, removal of the osteoblastic epidural mass, and fusion of the spine with a rib graft. The patient's myelopathy improved steadily following surgery without evidence of tumor recurrence or regression of neurologic status. The reasons for the relative absence of central nervous system carcinoid metastases are not known.
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