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ArticleSurgical neurology international2021

Isolated late intradural cauda equina metastasis of renal cell carcinoma.

Sundus Ali, Adnan Qasim, Rahmatullah Salah, Muhammad Rizwan Sarwar, Muhammad Usman, Shahzad Shams

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sundus AliDepartment of Neurosurgery, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Adnan QasimDepartment of Neurosurgery, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Rahmatullah SalahDepartment of Neurosurgery, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Muhammad Rizwan SarwarDepartment of Neurosurgery, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Muhammad UsmanDepartment of Neurosurgery, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Shahzad ShamsDepartment of Neurosurgery, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Neurological Surgery · USKing Edward Medical University · PKMayo Hospital · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe cauda equina (CE) is the most common site for intradural extramedullary metastasis from systemic malignancies such as lung, breast, and thyroid carcinomas. However, renal cell carcinomas (RCC), with their high metastatic potential, are rarely responsible for CE metastatic lesions. Here, we report an intradural cauda equina mass, as the first and only site of metastasis of a renal cell carcinoma. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 55-year-old female had undergone a left nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma 8 years ago. She now presented with a unifocal renal cell metastasis to the CE. As such metastases are rare, establishing the correct pathological diagnosis proved to be a challenge.

conclusionThe cauda equina was the first and only site of an 8-year-delayed metastasis attributed to a renal cell carcinoma.

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Cauda equinaIntraduralIsolatedMetastasisRenal cell carcinoma

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PMID34754531
PMCPMC8571253
OpenAlexW3203855752

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