TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary intramedullary spinal melanoma
T2 - Diagnostic and treatment problems
AU - Salame, K.
AU - Merimsky, O.
AU - Yosipov, J.
AU - Reider-Groswasser, I.
AU - Chaitchik, S.
AU - Ouaknine, G. E.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - A 76-year old female patient with 9 year history of right mastectomy for an infiltrating ductal breast cancer and no evidence of recurrent nor metastatic disease, was admitted due to pain in the lower thoracic area radiating bilaterally to the posterior aspect of the chest wall at the same level, difficulties in micturition, urinary hesitancy, and progressive weakness of the lower limbs. Primary intramedullary spinal tumor was demonstrated by a MRI study of the spine, partially resected, and found to be a malignant melanoma on pathological study. Postoperative irradiation and administration of dexamethasone did not improve the neurologic status.
AB - A 76-year old female patient with 9 year history of right mastectomy for an infiltrating ductal breast cancer and no evidence of recurrent nor metastatic disease, was admitted due to pain in the lower thoracic area radiating bilaterally to the posterior aspect of the chest wall at the same level, difficulties in micturition, urinary hesitancy, and progressive weakness of the lower limbs. Primary intramedullary spinal tumor was demonstrated by a MRI study of the spine, partially resected, and found to be a malignant melanoma on pathological study. Postoperative irradiation and administration of dexamethasone did not improve the neurologic status.
KW - Intramedullary melanoma
KW - Second primary cancer
KW - Spine
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1005770929074
DO - 10.1023/A:1005770929074
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AN - SCOPUS:0031798918
SN - 0167-594X
VL - 36
SP - 79
EP - 83
JO - Journal of Neuro-Oncology
JF - Journal of Neuro-Oncology
IS - 1
ER -
