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Cerebellar, brainstem and spinal cord metastases from esophageal cancer following radiotherapy: A case report and literature review

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    • Peng Zhang
    • Wei Feng
    • Xiao Zheng
    • Yue‑Zhen Wang
    • Guo‑Ping Shan

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    Affiliations: Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment Technology on Thoracic Oncology (Lung and Esophagus), Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, P.R. China
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    Published online on: May 9, 2014
       https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2130
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Abstract

Cerebellar, brainstem and spinal cord metastases from esophageal cancer following radiotherapy are extremely rare. The current study presents the case of a 74‑year‑old male who was admitted to the Zhejiang Cancer Hospital (Hangzhou, China) with a poorly‑differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of the esophagus. Following radiotherapy, multiple abnormal signals in the brainstem and spinal cord were found on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Following palliative radiochemotherapy, the clinical symptoms and abnormal MRI signals in the brainstem and spinal cord were found to improve. This case revealed that brain metastasis from esophageal carcinoma may occur simultaneously with brainstem and spinal cord metastases.
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Zhang P, Feng W, Zheng X, Wang YZ and Shan GP: Cerebellar, brainstem and spinal cord metastases from esophageal cancer following radiotherapy: A case report and literature review. Oncol Lett 8: 253-257, 2014.
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Zhang, P., Feng, W., Zheng, X., Wang, Y., & Shan, G. (2014). Cerebellar, brainstem and spinal cord metastases from esophageal cancer following radiotherapy: A case report and literature review. Oncology Letters, 8, 253-257. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2130
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Zhang, P., Feng, W., Zheng, X., Wang, Y., Shan, G."Cerebellar, brainstem and spinal cord metastases from esophageal cancer following radiotherapy: A case report and literature review". Oncology Letters 8.1 (2014): 253-257.
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Zhang, P., Feng, W., Zheng, X., Wang, Y., Shan, G."Cerebellar, brainstem and spinal cord metastases from esophageal cancer following radiotherapy: A case report and literature review". Oncology Letters 8, no. 1 (2014): 253-257. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2130
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Zhang P, Feng W, Zheng X, Wang YZ and Shan GP: Cerebellar, brainstem and spinal cord metastases from esophageal cancer following radiotherapy: A case report and literature review. Oncol Lett 8: 253-257, 2014.
APA
Zhang, P., Feng, W., Zheng, X., Wang, Y., & Shan, G. (2014). Cerebellar, brainstem and spinal cord metastases from esophageal cancer following radiotherapy: A case report and literature review. Oncology Letters, 8, 253-257. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2130
MLA
Zhang, P., Feng, W., Zheng, X., Wang, Y., Shan, G."Cerebellar, brainstem and spinal cord metastases from esophageal cancer following radiotherapy: A case report and literature review". Oncology Letters 8.1 (2014): 253-257.
Chicago
Zhang, P., Feng, W., Zheng, X., Wang, Y., Shan, G."Cerebellar, brainstem and spinal cord metastases from esophageal cancer following radiotherapy: A case report and literature review". Oncology Letters 8, no. 1 (2014): 253-257. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2130
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