[Intramedullary metastases of bronchogenic carcinoma. Two cases]

Rev Neurol (Paris). 1998 Feb;154(2):166-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Intramedullary metastases are uncommon. We report two cases in patients with small cell bronchogenic cancer. The clinical diagnosis was supported by T1 magnetic resonance imaging after gadolinium injection. A unique medullary metastasis associated with other metastatic localizations was observed in the first patient and multiple intramedullary metastases alone in the second. These secondary intramedullary localizations were highly sensitive to chemotherapy after the first monthly cure in the first patient and after the third in the second patient. We emphasize the importance of chemotherapy in such cases, usually associated with focal radiotherapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / secondary
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / secondary*