[A case of small cell lung cancer with intramedullary spinal cord metastasis]

Nihon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. 2005 Sep;42(5):567-70. doi: 10.3143/geriatrics.42.567.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

An 83-year-old man was admitted with paraplegia and loss of all sensation below the level of umbilicus, with bowel and bladder dysfunction. Stage IV small cell lung cancer had been diagnosed two years ago and had received several courses of chemotherapies. A magnetic resonance imaging revealed an enhanced mass in the intramedullary spinal cord at the level of Th10-L1. Metastatic spinal tumor was diagnosed by clinical and radiological examinations. This is a rare case of small cell lung cancer with intramedullary spinal cord metastasis which caused various neurological symptoms.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / secondary*
  • Gadolinium DTPA
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Paraplegia / etiology
  • Sensation Disorders / etiology
  • Spinal Cord / pathology*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / secondary*

Substances

  • Gadolinium DTPA