Nguyen Ba D, Fletcher Geoffrey P, Patel Ameet C
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Arizona 85259, USA.
Clin Nucl Med. 2005 Apr;30(4):253-6. doi: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000156376.63311.99.
An intradural extramedullary metastasis is usually detected at an advanced stage of the disease or during workup for manifestations of spinal cord compression. Early diagnosis of such a lesion is rare and mostly fortuitous. The authors present a case of treated nonsmall cell lung carcinoma with an asymptomatic conus medullaris metastasis, which was demonstrated by PET/CT imaging during restaging evaluation.
