RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Epidural spinal cord compression in cancer patients: Diagnosis and management
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 497
OP 504
VO 67
IS 7
A2 Markman, Maurie
A1 Daw, Hamed A.
YR 2000
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/67/7/497.abstract
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.