The assistance of Kay Kehoe in performing a final update on the patients in this study, and Robin Sawyer in typing various versions of the manuscript, are also gratefully acknowledged. Finally, the input of the late William Kaplan, M.D., cannot be overestimated or ever adequately acknowledged; witho
Extradural metastatic breast carcinoma detected on a bone scan
โ Scribed by Jack E. Meyer; Ronald J. Messer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 242 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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โฆ Synopsis
A patient with an untreated breast carcinoma and a clinically minimally symptomatic, extradural spinal cord compression secondary to metastatic disease is described. The observation of an abnormally distended urinary bladder on a bone scan led to the prompt diagnosis and successful treatment of a total spinal cord block.
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