Table 2. Reported cases of metastatic HPC to the spine.

Study	Age (yrs)/Sex	Time until metastasis (yrs)	Location of primary tumor	Location of metastasis	Treatment	Outcome
Cranial meningeal
Kruse 196152	22/F	8	Frontoparietal	Lumbar vertebra	Surgery	–
Scott et al. 197453	38/M	16	Posterior cranial fossa	T12/L1	Surgery, RT	Improvement but death after complication
Nonaka et al. 199826	40/F	9.5	Tentorium	T8	Surgery, RT	Good recovery
Woitzik et al. 200316	40/F	8	Frontal	C6–T2	Surgery, RT	Good recovery
		9		L2	RT	Not stated
Lee et al. 200625	48/F	6.5	Middle cranial fossa	C6–C7	Surgery, RT	Improvement
Taniura et al. 200754	30/F	4	Posterior cranial fossa	L4–S1	Surgery, RT	Improvement
Present Case	36/F	17	Posterior cranial fossa	C3	Surgery, RT	Good recovery
Extracranial locations
Mao and Angrist 196755	56/M	–	Heart; spine: L3	–	Surgery, RT	Death due to cardiac arrest
Herrmann et al196856	68/F	2	Right arm	T8	Surgery (subtotal), RT	Gradual improvement of paraparesis
Harris et al.197857	46/M	4	Groin; lung 3 years later	C5	Surgery, RT, chemotherapy	Neurological deterioration
Hansen et al.199058	50/M	17 months	Lung	L3	RT	‘Relief of symptoms,’ patient refused further treatment
Brass et al.200459	48/M	5	Lower cervical and upper thoracic musculature	T2–3	Partial resection, RT	1 yr recurrence, at 2 yrs complete sensory-motor paralysis at T4 level

RT, radiation therapy; –, not available.