Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma metastasis to the thoracic spine

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

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2015.07.014

Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma metastasis to the thoracic spine

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

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	143-146
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
Volume	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2015.07.014
State	Published - Feb 1 2016

Keywords

En bloc
Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma
Gross total resection
Instrumented fusion
Spinal cord compression

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Neurology
Clinical Neurology
Physiology (medical)

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