Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma metastasis to the thoracic spine.

作者信息

Goodwin C Rory, Khattab Mohamed H, Sankey Eric W, Crane Genevieve M, McCarthy Edward F, Sciubba Daniel M

机构信息

Department of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University, 600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 5-185, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

出版信息

J Clin Neurosci. 2016 Feb;24:143-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.07.014. Epub 2015 Oct 21.

DOI:10.1016/j.jocn.2015.07.014

PMID:26474503

Abstract

Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (EMC) is a very rare salivary gland malignancy accounting for less than 1% of salivary gland tumors, and classically arises from the parotid gland in females. Spinal cord compression caused by EMC metastasized from the parotid gland has only been described once in the literature to our knowledge. We report the first case of a patient with parotid EMC spinal metastasis undergoing a gross total resection with instrumented fusion. This case illustrates that an en bloc resection with a planned transgression through the spinal canal may be a reasonable option for EMC metastasized to the spine.

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