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  • Title: Intradural neurotropic spread of malignant mesothelioma. Case report and review of the literature.
    Author: Steel TR, Allibone J, Revesz T, D'Arrigo C, Crockard HA.
    Journal: J Neurosurg; 1998 Jan; 88(1):122-5. PubMed ID: 9420083.
    Abstract:
    This 54-year-old man with a history of right-sided malignant mesothelioma presented with signs of a partial spinal cord syndrome. The tumor had invaded the lower trunk of the brachial plexus and spread along the T-1 nerve root beneath the arachnoid onto the spinal cord itself. Mesothelioma, despite its known predilection for local spread, is rarely encountered within the spinal canal. Neurotropism is commonly encountered in facial malignancies; however, it has never been reported to affect the brachial plexus and spinal cord.
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