Invasive sarcomatoid mesothelioma resulting in spinal cord compression: case report

Mesothelioma is more likely to metastasize by local invasion, and metastases to the nervous system are rare. There are currently 10 reported cases of spinal cord compression as a result of mesothelioma. We report a 74-year-old patient with sarcomatoid mesothelioma that spreads across the dura into t...

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Autores principales: Farthing, Matthew, Shanmugalingam, Thurkaa, Dean, Elizabeth Alice, Muthukumar, Dakshinamoorthy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6159112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20170068
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author Farthing, Matthew
Shanmugalingam, Thurkaa
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description Mesothelioma is more likely to metastasize by local invasion, and metastases to the nervous system are rare. There are currently 10 reported cases of spinal cord compression as a result of mesothelioma. We report a 74-year-old patient with sarcomatoid mesothelioma that spreads across the dura into the spinal cord at T4/T5 level. This case report illustrates an unusual presentation of spinal cord compression by mesothelioma. It details the presenting symptoms, examinations and management of the patient and provides an overview of other potential metastatic sites of mesothelioma.
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spelling pubmed-61591122018-10-25 Invasive sarcomatoid mesothelioma resulting in spinal cord compression: case report Farthing, Matthew Shanmugalingam, Thurkaa Dean, Elizabeth Alice Muthukumar, Dakshinamoorthy BJR Case Rep Case Report Mesothelioma is more likely to metastasize by local invasion, and metastases to the nervous system are rare. There are currently 10 reported cases of spinal cord compression as a result of mesothelioma. We report a 74-year-old patient with sarcomatoid mesothelioma that spreads across the dura into the spinal cord at T4/T5 level. This case report illustrates an unusual presentation of spinal cord compression by mesothelioma. It details the presenting symptoms, examinations and management of the patient and provides an overview of other potential metastatic sites of mesothelioma. The British Institute of Radiology 2017-11-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6159112/ /pubmed/30363152 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20170068 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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