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Full clinical and pathological details are presented of three cases of intramedullary spinal cord metastases. One of these was solitary in nature, the remaining two were associated with cerebral metastases. All three cases derived from carcinomata of the lung.
The diagnosis in all three cases was only revealed at necropsy and the reasons for this are discussed. The incidence of this disease is thought to be higher than the few number of previously reported cases indicates.
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Sherbourne, D., Tribe, C. & Varma, S. Intramedullary spinal cord metastases. Spinal Cord 2, 100–111 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1964.19
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