Metastatic choriocarcinoma in the thoracic extradural space: case report

A case is reported of a 44-year-old woman with metastatic choriocarcinoma of the thoracic extradural space causing paraplegia. Spinal cord compression due to an extradural deposit is an emergency in neurosurgical practice. The majority of these lesions are metastatic. To our knowledge choriocarcinom...

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Published in:Spinal cord 1998-05, Vol.36 (5), p.366-367
Main Authors: Beşkonakli, Etem, Cayli, Süleyman, Kulaçoğlu, Sezer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anatomy
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
case-report
Choriocarcinoma - pathology
Choriocarcinoma - secondary
Choriocarcinoma - surgery
Epidural Space
Female
Female genital diseases
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Human Physiology
Humans
Medical sciences
Neurochemistry
Neuropsychology
Neurosciences
Spinal Cord Compression - etiology
Spinal Cord Neoplasms - pathology
Spinal Cord Neoplasms - secondary
Spinal Cord Neoplasms - surgery
Thorax
Tumors
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Summary:A case is reported of a 44-year-old woman with metastatic choriocarcinoma of the thoracic extradural space causing paraplegia. Spinal cord compression due to an extradural deposit is an emergency in neurosurgical practice. The majority of these lesions are metastatic. To our knowledge choriocarcinoma metastases and extradural cord compression in the spinal canal is the first case reported in the neurosurgical literature.
ISSN:1362-4393
1476-5624
DOI:10.1038/sj.sc.3100570