Atypical presentation of a Lumbar Intradural Breast-Cancer Metastasis: A Case report with Literature review*

I spinal tumors are usually primary tumors, and schwannoma, ependymoma and meningioma are most common ones at lumbar localization. Intradural metastasis accounts for very low percent of spinal metastases (7,15). Approximately 6% of spinal metastases are intradural. Most metastases are solitary lesions in configuration. Adenocarcinoma metastases are frequently originating from lung and breast. Intradural metastases reported in the literature are usually solitary renal cell carcinoma metastases (13-15,18). In current study, we present a case with intradural adenocarcinoma metastasis, which originated from lower thoracal region and involves entire lumbar spine, along with literature discussion.