TY - JOUR
T1 - Successful removal of solitary intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from colon cancer
AU - Ogino, Masahiro
AU - Ueda, Ryo
AU - Nakatsukasa, Masashi
AU - Murase, Ikuro
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - A 69-year-old patient with an intramedullary metastasis from colon carcinoma is presented. Total removal of the tumor brought him 3 months of useful life. Although radiation therapy is generally favored, one should consider microsurgical resection of discrete, solitary intramedullary metastases in patients with radioresistant primary tumors.
AB - A 69-year-old patient with an intramedullary metastasis from colon carcinoma is presented. Total removal of the tumor brought him 3 months of useful life. Although radiation therapy is generally favored, one should consider microsurgical resection of discrete, solitary intramedullary metastases in patients with radioresistant primary tumors.
KW - Adenocarcinoma
KW - Intramedullary tumor
KW - Spinal cord
KW - Surgery
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U2 - 10.1016/S0303-8467(02)00004-5
DO - 10.1016/S0303-8467(02)00004-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 11932047
AN - SCOPUS:0036205310
SN - 0303-8467
VL - 104
SP - 152
EP - 156
JO - Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
JF - Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
IS - 2
ER -
