PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - Markman, Maurie
AU  - Daw, Hamed A.
TI  - Epidural spinal cord compression in cancer patients: Diagnosis and management
DP  - 2000 Jul 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 497--504
VI  - 67
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/67/7/497.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/67/7/497.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2000 Jul 01; 67
AB  - In most patients with spinal cord compression due to epidural metastasis, the initial symptom is progressive back pain with an axial or radicular distribution, but early symptoms are often nonspecific. Since the key prognostic factor is the neurologic status at the time of presentation, and since early complaints are often nonspecific, a high index of suspicion is needed to diagnose this complication early.