Spinal Metastases from a Primary Fallopian Tube Serous Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report. 2015

Jonathan P Eskander, and Eren O Kuris, and Andrew J Younghein, and Samuel Landsman, and Leonard Japko, and Mark S Eskander
Department of Anesthesiology, Tulane University Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Study Design Case report. Objective This case exemplifies the importance of a high index of suspicion when dealing with intractable pain and neurologic symptoms in patients with a history of cancer. Fallopian tube cancer is relatively uncommon, accounting for less than 0.2% of all female malignancies. Because of a low index of suspicion, it is often detected at an advanced stage. From an orthopedic perspective, osseous metastasis from primary fallopian tube malignancies is rare with only a few documented cases in the medical literature. Methods This case report documents a 68-year-old woman who developed back pain and leg weakness after undergoing surgical resection with adjuvant therapy of a primary fallopian tube adenocarcinoma. Her hospital course and follow-up are documented. Results Imaging revealed a compression fracture in the L1 vertebral body that when a biopsy confirmed a soft tissue diagnosis of a high-grade serous papillary adenocarcinoma of fallopian tube origin. The patient underwent a surgical decompression, posterior stabilization, and tumor debulking with postoperative resolution of her symptoms. Conclusions This is the first reported case of a spine metastasis from a fallopian tube serous carcinoma in a living patient. This case documents the diagnosis of a pathologic vertebral fracture due to metastasis of an atypical cancer.

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