ReviewSpinal cord series and cases2019
Intradural extramedullary metastasis: a review of literature and case report.
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- Unmasking benign intradural-extramedullary spinal tumors: a systematic review on treatment outcomes and radiological features.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Letter to the editor: Challenging epidural catheterization in a patient with vertebral metastases.Interventional pain medicine · 2025Article
- Brachial plexopathy due to perineural tumor spread: a retrospective single-center experience of clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatments, and outcomes.Acta neurochirurgica · 2024Article
- Surgical management of spinal intradural metastatic pathologies: a case-based review.Journal of surgical case reports · 2024Article
- Spinal metastasis of parotid acinic cell carcinoma followed by intradural extramedullary recurrence: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2021Article
- Surgical treatment of solitary intradural extramedullary spinal cord metastases from solid cancers of non-neurogenic origin. A multicenter study.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2021Article
- Subdural spinal metastases detected on CT myelography: A case report and brief review.Radiology case reports · 2021Article
- 38-Year Delayed Spinal Leptomeningeal Dissemination of a Paediatric Pilocytic Astrocytoma: A Case Report.Case reports in oncologyArticle
- Atypical Radiculopathy in an Oncology Patient.Journal of the advanced practitioner in oncologyArticle
- Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals compartment-specific immune and tumor cell states in a contiguous spinal metastasis.Neuro-oncology advancesArticle
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Abstract
Introduction: Intradural extramedullary (IDEM) metastatic disease is infrequently encountered by spine surgeons and consequently poorly understood. Discovery often corresponds with the onset of neurologic symptoms and no consensus exists regarding the importance of complete resection or anticipated postoperative outcome. We aim to elucidate treatment methodologies that exist in the literature. Case presentation: We present a unique case of a 57-year-old male with a known history of esophageal adenocarcinoma, including brain and visceral metastases, who presented with cauda equina syndrome. An IDEM metastatic esophageal adenocarcinoma lesion was identified on advanced imaging and biopsy. This was treated operatively without return of neurologic function. Discussion: We reviewed and summarized the existing literature. Trends are highlighted to further guide surgeons treating this unusual metastatic phenomenon. Conclusion: Intradural metastasis is a harbinger of advanced disease with a poor prognosis regardless of the etiology of the primary lesion. There are a number of proposed mechanisms for metastatic spread with little available literature for surgeon guidance. Most authors are advocates of a palliative, decompressive approach.
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