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An isolated nonosseous metastasis to the epidural space from an osteogenic sarcoma
Author(s) -
Schimandle Jeffrey H.,
Levine Alan M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19920101)69:1<103::aid-cncr2820690119>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - medicine , osteosarcoma , metrizamide , metastatic lesion , lesion , metastasis , radiology , sarcoma , computed tomographic , computed tomography , surgery , cancer , pathology , myelography , spinal cord , psychiatry
Metastatic disease from osteosarcoma most commonly occurs in the lung and bony sites. Both primary spinal osteosarcomas and spinal metastatic lesions are rare. A case is reported of a nonosseous epidural metastatic lesion from osteosarcoma. It was visualized best by metrizamide‐enhanced computed tomographic scanning. The patient symptomatically improved with excision of the lesion although there was massive recurrence despite combined therapy.