Open AccessDrop metastases to the spinal cord from infratentorial glioblastoma multiforme in post-temozolomide era
Author(s) -
Shripad Brahmanand Pande,
Keechilat Pavithran
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.150404
Subject(s) - temozolomide , medicine , paraplegia , glioblastoma , spinal cord , spinal cord neoplasm , adjuvant , chemotherapy , oncology , surgery , cancer research , psychiatry
Drop metastases from glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) to the spinal cord are extremely rare in clinical practice. We report herewith multiple drop metastases to the cervical and thoracic spinal cord presenting as paraplegia in a patient treated initially with tumor resection followed by chemoradiation and later with temozolomide-.based adjuvant chemotherapy