“Drop metastasis”: a rare diagnosis. A case report and review of literature

“Drop metastasis”, also known as intramedullary spinal cord metastasis (ISCM), is a rare complication of cancer, affecting0.1%–0.4% of all cancer patients.It is the rarest type of central nervous system (CNS) involvementby systemic malignant tumours, and it accounts for2%–8.5% of CNS metastasis and...

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Main Authors: Ana Simas, Carolina Sales, Maria Fragoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Galega de Medicina Interna 2017-03-01
Series:Galicia Clínica
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Online Access:http://www.galiciaclinica.info/publicacion.asp?f=1001