Nepal Journal of Neuroscience (Dec 2016)

A Rare Case Report of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis (ISCM) from A Known Prostatic Primary

  • Tejas M Tamhane ,
  • Sushil G Kachewar ,
  • Dilip L Lakhkar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3126/njn.v13i2.20491
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 2
pp. 112 – 115

Abstract

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Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastases (ISCM) is rare as they represent 8.5% of all central nervous system metastases and account for 5% of all intramedullary lesions. Lung cancer is the most common primary malignancy which causes spinal mets followed by other malignancies like Breast, Lymphoma, Leukemia, Malignant Melanoma etc. Only two cases of ISCM from Prostatic primary were reported in the literature previously. Our case represents one such rare occurrence, hence, reported here.

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