Case Report

Primary Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Melanoma in the Lower Thoracic Spine

Table 1

Summary of primary intradural extramedullary spinal cord melanoma.

AuthorYearSex/ageSiteBRAF 600E mutationOperationAdjuvant therapyFollow-up Last state

Mlaiki et al. [1]2004M/51C5–C7UnknownTotal resectionUnknown19 weeksAlive
Kounin et al. [2]2005F/41C2–C4UnknownTotal resectionNone12 weeksAlive
Kanatas et al. [3]2007F/76C6-C7UnknownSubtotal resectionRT; 30 Gy24 weeksAlive
Lee et al. [4]2010M/39C1–C6UnknownTotal resectionRT; 45 Gy68 weeks Alive
Our data2016F/57T12NoSubtotal resectionRT; 40 Gy104 weeksAlive

M: male; F: female; RT: radiation therapy.