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spinal cord malignancy
Etiology:
- most malignant spinal cord tumors are metastatic rather than primary
- lung cancer
- breast cancer
- prostate cancer
- head & neck cancer
- gynecologic cancer
- gastrointestinal cancer,
- thyroid cancer
- melanoma
- renal cell carcinoma
Radiology:
- MRI of spine
Related
spinal cord (spinal marrow)
General
CNS malignancy
spinal cord neoplasm
References
- UCSF Medical Center
Spinal Cord Tumor
http://www.ucsfhealth.org/conditions/spinal_cord_tumor/
- Huff JS and Brenne BE
Spinal Cord Neoplasms
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/779872-overview