Cerebellar, brainstem and spinal cord metastases from esophageal cancer following radiotherapy: A case report and literature review

被引：3

作者：

Zhang, Peng ^{[1
]}

Feng, Wei ^{[1
]}

Zheng, Xiao ^{[1
]}

Wang, Yue-Zhen ^{[1
]}

Shan, Guo-Ping ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Zhejiang Canc Hosp, Dept Radiat Oncol, Zhejiang Key Lab Diag & Treatment Technol Thorac, Hangzhou 310022, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

来源：

ONCOLOGY LETTERS | 2014年 / 8卷 / 01期

关键词：

esophageal cancer; metastasis; cerebellum; spinal cord; brainstem; CELL CARCINOMA; EXPERIENCE; SURVIVAL;

D O I：

10.3892/ol.2014.2130

中图分类号：

R73 [肿瘤学];

学科分类号：

100214 ;

摘要：

Cerebellar, brainstem and spinal cord metastases from esophageal cancer following radiotherapy are extremely rare. The current study presents the case of a 74-year-old male who was admitted to the Zhejiang Cancer Hospital (Hangzhou, China) with a poorly-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of the esophagus. Following radiotherapy, multiple abnormal signals in the brainstem and spinal cord were found on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Following palliative radiochemotherapy, the clinical symptoms and abnormal MRI signals in the brainstem and spinal cord were found to improve. This case revealed that brain metastasis from esophageal carcinoma may occur simultaneously with brainstem and spinal cord metastases.

引用

页码：253 / 257

页数：5

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