METASTATIC CHORIOCARCINOMA IN THE THORACIC EXTRADURAL SPACE - CASE-REPORT

Authors
BESKONAKLI E CAYLI S KULACOGLU S
Citation
E. Beskonakli et al., METASTATIC CHORIOCARCINOMA IN THE THORACIC EXTRADURAL SPACE - CASE-REPORT, Spinal cord, 36(5), 1998, pp. 366-367
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Orthopedics
Journal title
Spinal cord → ACNP
ISSN journal
13624393
Volume
36
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
366 - 367
Database
ISI
SICI code
1362-4393(1998)36:5<366:MCITTE>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A case is reported of a 44-year-old woman with metastatic choriocarcin oma of the thoracic extradural space causing paraplegia. Spinal cord c ompression due to an extradural deposit is an emergency in neurosurgic al practice. The majority of these lesions are metastatic. To our know ledge choriocarcinoma metastases and extradural cord compression in th e spinal canal is the first case reported in the neurosurgical literat ure.