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Spine Tumor Case
Example• Assistant Professor ofOrthopaedic and NeurologicalSurgery, Washington Universityin St. Louis
• Director, Center for SpinalTumors
• Interest:
• Spinal tumors
• Deformity surgery
• Enjoys photography and travel
• Contact: www.neareastspine.org
Jacob M. Buchowski, MD, MS
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Jacob M. Buchowski, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic and Neurological SurgeryDirector, Center for Spinal TumorsWashington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
Spine Tumor CaseExample
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Disclosures
• Consultant for Stryker, Inc. (<$10,000per year)
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Speakers
• Dr. Ibrahim Sbeih
• Dr. John P. Kostuik
• Dr. Daniel Shedid
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Outline
•Case introduction
• Speaker’s comments
• What was done
• Questions and answers
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Case SH• 42 y.o. woman developed right sided chest pain in October of 2009
which precipitated a CT and MRI
• Demonstrated a mass in right upper lobe adjacent to T2
• Biopsy performed in October demonstrating non-small cell lungcancer
• Mediastinoscopy revealed no evidence of malignancy
• No pain radiation into her upper or lower extremities
• No numbness or weakness at the upper or lower extremities.
• No loss of bowel or bladder control
• No problems with balance or tripping
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Case SH• Married, with 3 children
• Works in a bank
• Smoked 1 PPD until diagnosis of lungcancer
• Otherwise healthy
• Hysterectomy
• Colon polyps
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• 5’6", weight is 165 pounds.
• Normal gait
• Normal motor strength and sensation
• Reflexes 2+
• Babinski sign is negative
• Romberg sign is negative
• No Horner’s syndrome
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Diagnosis?
• Right superior sulcus nonsmall cell lungcancer (NSCLC) with no evidence of
metastatic disease
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Treatment Options
• Nonoperative: XRT and Chemotherapy
• Operative:
• Anterior/Posterior
•Anterior only
• Posterior only
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• Dr. Ibrahim Sbeih
• Dr. John P. Kostuik
•Dr. Daniel Shedid
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Treatment?
• Induction chemotherapy and radiationtherapy
• Video-assisted thoracoscopy withresection of right upper lobe from hilarstructures
• Posterior partial corpectomy and tumorresection with spinal stabilization
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Literature• 17 patients with superior sulcus tumors
stage T4 with vertebral body invasiontreated with total or partial vertebral
resection or foraminal or transverseprocess resection. 16 received pre or postop radiation.
• All 6 with positive margins had recurrence
and 0% 2-year survival while 1 of 11 withnegative margins had recurrence and 80%2-year survival.
Gandhi et al. Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68(5):1778-84.21
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Literature
• Patients with T4N0M0 treated with radical resectionhave a 31% 5 year survival
• 5-year survival rates reported to be between 10 and42%. Factors that contribute to improved survival areresponse to neoadjuvant therapy, ability to achievecomplete histological resection, and absence of nodaldisease
Rice et al Surg ClinNorth Am2002;82(3):573-87.
Mulligan CR, Kuklo TR,Corcoran PC. Chest2004;126:961S-962S.
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