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Recurrent Renal Carcinoma with Solitary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis
We report a case of an elderly male who has undergone right radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Six months later, he presented with gradually progressive low backache and mild lower limb weakness. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT)...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7905272/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33642769 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_60_20 |
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author | Kalimuthu, Lokeshwaran Madurai Ora, Manish Gambhir, Sanjay |
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description | We report a case of an elderly male who has undergone right radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Six months later, he presented with gradually progressive low backache and mild lower limb weakness. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT) was done that revealed a suspected area of mild metabolic activity in the spinal cords at the L1–L2 vertebral level. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed intramedullary spinal cord metastasis (ISCM). Solitary ICSM is a rare presentation of RCC on FDG PET-CT, and only a few case reports exist in the literature. This case highlights that adequate clinical history and careful examination of the PET images may reveal it. |
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spelling | pubmed-79052722021-02-26 Recurrent Renal Carcinoma with Solitary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis Kalimuthu, Lokeshwaran Madurai Ora, Manish Gambhir, Sanjay Indian J Nucl Med Interesting Image We report a case of an elderly male who has undergone right radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Six months later, he presented with gradually progressive low backache and mild lower limb weakness. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT) was done that revealed a suspected area of mild metabolic activity in the spinal cords at the L1–L2 vertebral level. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed intramedullary spinal cord metastasis (ISCM). Solitary ICSM is a rare presentation of RCC on FDG PET-CT, and only a few case reports exist in the literature. This case highlights that adequate clinical history and careful examination of the PET images may reveal it. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 2020-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7905272/ /pubmed/33642769 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_60_20 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Interesting Image Kalimuthu, Lokeshwaran Madurai Ora, Manish Gambhir, Sanjay Recurrent Renal Carcinoma with Solitary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis |
title | Recurrent Renal Carcinoma with Solitary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis |
title_full | Recurrent Renal Carcinoma with Solitary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis |
title_fullStr | Recurrent Renal Carcinoma with Solitary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis |
title_full_unstemmed | Recurrent Renal Carcinoma with Solitary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis |
title_short | Recurrent Renal Carcinoma with Solitary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis |
title_sort | recurrent renal carcinoma with solitary intramedullary spinal cord metastasis |
topic | Interesting Image |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7905272/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33642769 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_60_20 |
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