TITLE:
Solitary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis from Colon Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review
AUTHORS:
Pierpaolo Lunardi, Rodolfo Corinaldesi, Tommaso Lunardi, Roberto Floris
KEYWORDS:
Spinal Cord Metastasis
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery,
Vol.4 No.1,
January
20,
2014
ABSTRACT: It is extremely rare for cancer to present as an intramedullary spinal cord metastasis. The authors report on a case of a 74-year-old woman presenting with progressive tetraparesis to metastatic colon adenocarcinoma in the spinal cord. A review of the literature reveals that intramedullary localization is associated with a very short life expectancy, with a median survival of 3-4 months from the time of the diagnosis; nevertheless microsurgical removal of tumor can improve quality of life.