Malignant spinal neurofibrosarcoma
Kett-White, R.; Martin, J.L.; Jones, E.W.; O'Brien, C.
Spine 25(6): 752-755
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0362-2436 PMID: 10752112 Document Number: 514323
Study Design: A report of a case of metastatic spinal neurofibrosarcoma. Objective: To document metastatic neurofibrosarcoma as a cause of spinal cord compression and to review the literature. Summary of Background Data: Three previously reported cases of metastatic neurofibrosarcoma of the spine were reviewed. Methods: The patient's clinical record and radiologic investigations as well as the result of a search of the English literature are reported. Magnetic resonance images, computed tomographic scans, and histology photomicrographs are displayed. Results: Paraparesis developed in this patient, due to a posterior extradural thoracic spinal cord compression by a neurofibrosarcoma believed to be metastatic from a neurofibrosarcoma of the femoral nerve. Conclusions: Malignant spinal metastasis remain a rare complications of neurofibromatosis, with a very poor prognosis.