An intramedullary "flame" recognized as being an intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from esophageal cancer

Authors

  • Assunta Grillo
  • raffaella capasso
  • angelica petrillo
  • ferdinando de vita
  • renata conforti

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v13i7.3555

Keywords:

intramedullary spinal cord metastases, flame sign, rim sign, esophageal cancer, MRI

Abstract

Intramedullary spinal cord metastases are rarely encountered in patients suffering from extra - central nervous system primary cancer, with only 2 described cases reported in the literature deriving from esophageal cancer. Intramedullary spinal cord metastases may occur at any level of the spinal cord but cervical location is the most frequent. We report the first case of intramedullary metastasis affecting the thoracic spinal cord from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a 35-year-old patient.

Author Biography

raffaella capasso


Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, 86100, Campobasso, Italy and Neuroradiology Service, Department of Radiology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", C/o CTO Viale dei Colli Aminei 21, Naples, Italy.
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Published

2019-07-26

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 7 (2019)

Section

Neuroradiology

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