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In particular, intraoperative PDT using talaporfin sodium for infiltrating tumor cells in the cavity walls after the resection of malignant glioma is now covered by health insurance after receiving governmental approvement, and this method has been recommended in therapeutic guidelines for primary malignant brain tumors in Japan. On the other hand, experimental and clinical studies on the development of novel therapeutic strategies for malignant spinal cord tumors have not been reported to date, although their histological features are almost identical to those of intracranial malignant tumors. Therefore, the clinical outcomes of malignant spinal cord tumors have been less favorable than those of malignant brain tumors. In this report, we performed the PD and PDT using talaporfin sodium on a patient with a metastatic lumbar lesion that was detected on magnetic resonance image (MRI) 50 months after the resection of cerebellar medulloblastoma who presented with lumbago and sciatica. We were able to detect the target lesion in the conus medullaris using a surgical microscope, and detected the disseminated medulloblastoma cells floating in the cerebrospinal fluid using a compact fluorescence microscope. Furthermore, we performed PDT to the resected lumbar lesion with the adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy, and the patient survived a meaningful life for more than 2 years after the lumbar surgery. 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