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ArticleCase reports in orthopedics2016

Solitary Spinal Epidural Metastasis from Gastric Cancer.

Taisei Sako, Yasuaki Iida, Yuichirou Yokoyama, Shintaro Tsuge, Keiji Hasegawa, Akihito Wada, Tetsuo Mikami, Hiroshi Takahashi

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Article in Case reports in orthopedics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Taisei SakoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yasuaki IidaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuichirou YokoyamaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Shintaro TsugeDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Keiji HasegawaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Akihito WadaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Tetsuo MikamiDepartment of Pathology, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroshi TakahashiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8153-8202
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solitary epidural space metastasis of a malignant tumor is rare. We encountered a 79-year-old male patient with solitary metastatic epidural tumor who developed paraplegia and dysuria. The patient had undergone total gastrectomy for gastric cancer followed by chemotherapy 8 months priorly. The whole body was examined for suspected metastatic spinal tumor, but no metastases of the spine or important organs were observed, and a solitary mass was present in the thoracic spinal epidural space. The mass was excised for diagnosis and treatment and was histopathologically diagnosed as metastasis from gastric cancer. No solitary metastatic epidural tumor from gastric cancer has been reported in English. Among the Japanese, 3 cases have been reported, in which the outcome was poor in all cases and no definite diagnosis could be made before surgery in any case. Our patient developed concomitant pneumonia after surgery and died shortly after the surgery. When a patient has a past medical history of malignant tumor, the possibility of a solitary metastatic tumor in the epidural space should be considered.

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