Cement-augmented dorsal instrumentation of the spine as a safe adjunct to the multimodal management of metastatic pheochromocytoma: a case report

Rittirsch, Daniel; Battegay, Edouard; Zimmerli, Lukas U; Baulig, Werner; Spahn, Donat R; Ossendorf, Christian; Wanner, Guido A; Simmen, Hans-Peter; Werner, Clément M L

doi:10.1186/1754-9493-6-1

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Rittirsch, D., Battegay, E., Zimmerli, L. U., Baulig, W., Spahn, D. R., Ossendorf, C., Wanner, G. A., Simmen, H.-P., & Werner, C. M. L. (2012). Cement-augmented dorsal instrumentation of the spine as a safe adjunct to the multimodal management of metastatic pheochromocytoma: a case report. Patient Safety in Surgery, 6, 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-6-1

Abstract

Malignant pheochromocytoma is a neuroendocrine tumor that originates from chromaffin tissue. Although osseous metastases are common, metastatic dissemination to the spine rarely occurs.Five years after primary diagnosis of extra-adrenal, abdominal pheochromocytoma and laparoscopic extirpation, a 53-year old patient presented with recurrence of pheochromocytoma involving the spine, the pelvis, both proximal femora and the right humerus. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography revealed osteolytic lesions of numerous vertebrae