Lung cancer metastasis to the filum terminale - Case report
Journal
Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Journal Volume
17
Journal Issue
6
Pages
421-423+454
Date Issued
2005
Author(s)
Abstract
A 66-year-old man with small cell lung cancer developed paraparesis and urinary retention. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an intraspinal tumor at the L1-2 level. A laminectomy was performed and a filum terminale tumor was removed. The pathology revealed metastatic small cell lung cancer. After surgical resection, the patient could walk with support. Radiotherapy was given postoperatively. The patient became septic following pneumonia and died two months after surgery. We could find no reports in the English literature of tumor metastasis to the filum terminale. This report presents the first case of small cell lung cancer metastasis to the filum terminale.
Subjects
Filum terminale; Intraspinal tumor; Lung cancer; Metastasis
SDGs
Other Subjects
aged; article; cancer radiotherapy; case report; filum terminale metastasis; human; laminectomy; lung cancer; lung metastasis; lung small cell cancer; male; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; paraplegia; pneumonia; sepsis; spine metastasis; urine retention
Type
journal article