Spinal metastases. A rare mode of presentation of brain tumors
- 15 July 1984
- Vol. 54 (2) , 353-356
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19840715)54:2<353::aid-cncr2820540229>3.0.co;2-r
Abstract
An analysis of more than 18,000 primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors revealed only 18 cases (0.01%) in which dropped spinal metastases had caused the presenting symptoms. This group included 11 males and 7 females in whom there was no history of surgical intervention or irradiation. Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET, medulloblastoma), comprised the largest group (11 patients) followed by high-grade astrocytomas (anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma) (5 patients). One case each of germinoma and ependymoma were also identified. The clinicopathologic data of these cases, and a brief review of the literature are presented.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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