Objective: Spinal subdural hematoma (SSH) is a rare entity and the etiology has yet to be elucidated. Holocordic spinal hematomas represent an exception. The management of these patients remains controversial, due to their rarity and their extremely poor prognosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Esthesioneuroblastoma (ENB) is an uncommon neuroectodermal tumor that originates from the olfactory mucosa and often recurs locally. Distant metastases of ENB have been described, but there are few reports of intramedullary metastases to the spinal cord.
Case Description: Here we report a case of a patient presenting with a progressive paraparesis and magnetic resonance imaging findings of multiple drop metastases to thoracic and lumbar regions of the spinal cord, 17 years after diagnosis and treatment for an intracranial ENB with subsequent neck nodal metastases.
Myeloid sarcoma is a rare malignant tumor of primitive myeloid cell origin often associated with hematologic disorders. The central nervous system is rarely involved and differentiating between myeloid sarcoma and other tumors is not possible on imaging. Here we present the rare case of an isolated intracranial myeloid sarcoma, initially misdiagnosed radiologically as a meningioma, treated with surgical total resection and subsequent chemotherapy, with no signs of any hematological disorder at follow up.
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