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Is Surgical Spinal Decompression For Supratentorial Gbm Symptomatic Drop Down Metastasis Warranted? A Case Report And Review Of Literature, Muhammad Babar Khan, Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Ehsan Bari

Medical College Documents

Background: Symptomatic spinal metastasis from an intracranial primary
glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is very rare. Our literature search identified a total
of 42 such patients of which 11 were treated with surgical decompression for spinal metastasis with only one such report from the pediatric age group. Previous studies have reported variable outcomes after surgical management.

Case Description: We report the case of a 16‑year‑old boy who underwent
surgical spinal decompression for spinal metastasis after intracranial GBM. The
patient regained motor and autonomic function following surgery and reported
improvement in pain. We also present findings from a literature review using …

Accuracy Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging In Pretreatment Lymph Node Assessment For Gynecological Malignancies, Saira Naz Sufian, Imrana Masroor, Waseem Mirza, Zainab Hussain, Saima Hafeez, Zafar Sajjad

Department of Radiology

Objective: To determine the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detection of metastasis in pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes from different gynecological malignancies.MATERIALS AND Methods: This retrospective cross sectional analytic study was conducted at the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi Pakistan from January 2011 to December 2012. A sample of 48 women, age range between 20-79 years, fulfilling inclusion criteria were included. All patients had histopathologically proven gynecological malignancies in the cervix, endometrium or ovary and presented for a pretreatment MRI to our radiology department.Results: MRI was 100% sensitive and had a 100% positive predictive …