Open AccessSymptomatic spinal cord metastasis of glioblastoma multiforme
Author(s) -
Emerson Magno F. De Andrade,
Sérgio de Freitas,
Antônio Carlos Montanaro
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jornal brasileiro de neurocirurgia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2446-6786
pISSN - 0103-5118
DOI - 10.22290/jbnc.v22i2.961
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , spinal cord , differential diagnosis , metastasis , glioblastoma , lumbar , back pain , radiology , pathology , cancer , alternative medicine , cancer research , psychiatry
Symptomatic spinal cord metastasis from glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) has rarely been reported in the literature. We report the case of a 27-year-old man who presented with back and bilateral leg pain nine months after the primary diagnosis of intracranial GBM. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lumbar spine showed a L1-L2 tumor that was removed successfully and histopathological examination was consistent with GBM metastasis. Spinal metastasis should be investigated and included in the differential diagnosis in a patient with a previous history of intracranial GBM presenting with spinal symptoms.