Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Cancer Society
Abstract
Intradural extramedullary metastases from tumours are a rare
occurrence, accounting for less than 2 percent of all spinal
metastases. We report a patient who presented with progressive
paraparesis one and a half years after being operated for an poorly
differentiated serous cystadenocarcinoma. Tumour mass decompression was
carried out and the intradural tumour metastasis was removed.
Histopathology revealed an identical appearance to the original ovarian
tumour. This is the first reported case of an intradural extramedullary
metastasis from a poorly differentiated serous cystadenocarcinoma of
the ovary
