[Report of a case of intracranial metastases from malignant spinal cord astrocytoma].

A 22-year-old female with intracranial metastases after partial removal of malignant spinal cord astrocytoma followed with radiation therapy was reported. 20 cases of spinal cord astrocytoma with intracranial metastases were reviewed. Almost all cases were malignant. Malignant spinal cord astrocytoma seems to have much tendency to metastasize to the brain.