Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis from Malignant Mesenchymal Tumor: Detection with FDG-PET/CT
Muge Oner Tamam1, Cuneyt Tamam2, Duzgun Yildirim3, Mehmet Mulazimoglu1, Gulcin Kamali41Okmeydani Training And Research Hospital, Department Of Nuclear Medicine2Kasimpasa Military Hospital Department Of Orthopedics And Traumatology
3Kasimpasa Military Hospital Department Of Radiology
4Okmeydani Training And Research Hospital, Department Of Pathology
Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis is very rare. We present the case of a 32-year-old male patient with a 2-month history of bilateral lower extremity weakness. Initial Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the dorsal spine showed abnormal thickening of the dorsal spinal cord at the level of the Thoracal 1-2 vertebral bodies. F-18 FDG-PET/CT images revealed a hypermetabolic lesion in the spinal cord at Thoracal 1-2 vertebral level. This patient had an intramedullary spinal cord metastasis, a rare form of metastatic disease, secondary to malignant mesenchymal tumor.
Keywords: Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, Positron-Emission Tomography, Spinal Cord, Metastasis, Intramedullary, Malignant mesenchymal tumorMuge Oner Tamam, Cuneyt Tamam, Duzgun Yildirim, Mehmet Mulazimoglu, Gulcin Kamali. Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis from Malignant Mesenchymal Tumor: Detection with FDG-PET/CT. . 2015; 24(1): 0-0
Corresponding Author: Muge Oner Tamam, Türkiye
Corresponding Author: Muge Oner Tamam, Türkiye
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