Two Separate Episodes of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis in a Single Patient with Breast Cancer.

Choi, Hyun Chul; Yoon, Do Heum; Kim, Seung Chul; Cho, Ki Hong; Kim, Sang Hyun

doi:2010.48.2.162

Case Report

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2010;48(2): 162-165.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2010.48.2.162

Two Separate Episodes of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis in a Single Patient with Breast Cancer.

Hyun Chul Choi, Do Heum Yoon, Seung Chul Kim, Ki Hong Cho, Sang Hyun Kim

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. shkim709@ajou.ac.kr
²Department of Neurosurgery, Yonsei University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

ABSTRACT

Intramedullary spinal cord metastases are very rare. Patients with breast cancer as the primary source of intramedullary spinal cord metastases tend to do better than other types of cancer. We report the very unusual case of a woman with breast cancer who had two separate episodes of intramedullary spinal cord metastasis.

Key Words: Intramedullary; Cervical; Thoracolumbar; Metastases; Breast cancer; Surgical treatment