Table 1 Intraspinal metastases of Merkel cell carcinoma reported in the literature
Authors | Age/gender | Intraspinal involvements | Other metastasis | Levels | Surgical treatment | Adjuvant therapy | Survival after CNS metastasis diagnosis (months) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moayed et al. [5] | 70/M | Epidural | LN, AOS | Sacrum | None | RT | NR | |
Turgut et al. [6] | 63/M | Epidural | LN, AOS | L5–S1 | Laminectomy with subtotal resection | CT | 2 | |
Vijay et al. [7] | 57/F | Epidural | NR | D8, L4, S1 | Laminectomy and subtotal resection | CT | 1 | |
Ng et al. [8] | 73/M | Epidural | NR | D6 | Laminectomy, subtotal resection, and stabilization | None | 1 | |
Abul-Kasim et al. [9] | 65/M | Epidural, intradural | MS, BM | L3–L4 | None | RT | 0.5 | |
Madden et al. [10] | 55/M | Epidural | NR | D6–D8 | Laminectomy | RT | 4 | IC |
Goodwin et al. [4] | 76/M | Epidural | LN | D5 | Corpectomy, tumors resection, and stabilization | RT | 1.5 | |
Haykal T et al. [11] | 49/F | Intramedullary | LN | C4–C5 | None | CT, RT | NR | |
Present study | 73/F | Intradural extramedullary | - | C6–C7 | Laminectomy and total resection | RT | 5 |