These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Lung adenocarcinoma with intramedullary spinal cord metastasis: a case report and review of the literature].
    Author: Belaid I, Jlassi H, Debbiche G, Rais H, Ben Ayed F.
    Journal: Rev Pneumol Clin; 2013 Jun; 69(3):149-51. PubMed ID: 23582264.
    Abstract:
    Intramedullary spinal cord metastases are extremely rare and affect 0.1 to 0.4% of all cancer patients. We report the case of intramedullary metastases in a 42-year-old patient, 12 months after the initial diagnosis of a lung adenocarcinoma. The patient was on third-line chemotherapy for a progressive disease with node and bone metastases. He complained of weakness and difficulty walking. The MRI permitted confirmation of the diagnosis. Corticotherapy was started and the patient underwent radiotherapy. A targeted therapy was indicated. The patient died three months after the initiation of this treatment. The aim of this paper is to report a new case of intramedullary spinal cord metastases from a pulmonary adenocarcinoma, focus on its rarity and diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties through a review of the literature.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]