Epidural spinal cord compression from metastatic tumor: Diagnosis and treatment

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1978, Pages 40-51

  Gilbert, Robert W ^a   Kim, Jae‐Ho ^a   Posner, Jerome B ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; METASTASIS; MYELOGRAPHY; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; METHODS; MIDDLE AGE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PAIN; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0017831197     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410030107     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Tumors of the spine
2. Metastatic spinal epidural tumors
3. The treatment of metastatic spinal cord tumors
4. Experiences with metastatic neoplasms involving the spinal cord
5. The treatment of metastatic disease of the nervous system by radiation therapy
6. Surgical treatment of malignant ex‐tradural spinal tumours
7. Corticosteroids for spinal metastases
8. Metastatic tumors of the spine and spinal cord
9. Steroid‐induced remission in spinal canal reticulum cell sarcoma
10. Intramedullary spinal cord metastases: clinical and radiographic findings in 9 cases
11. Spinal cord compression in malignant lymphoma
12. Metrizamide as contrast medium for myelography and ventriculography
13. Differential diagnosis of intramedullary and extramedullary tumors
14. Neoplasms involving the spinal cord: an analysis of 85 consecutive cases
15. The results of laminectomy for compression of the cord or cauda equina by extradural malignant tumor
16. Treatment by radiotherapy of spinal cord compression due to extradural metastases
17. Pain in the back and legs caused by cervical spinal cord compression
18. The differential diagnosis of intraspinal tumors and protruded intervertebral discs and their surgical treatment
19. Compression of the spinal cord by extramedullary neoplasms
20. Analysis of medical treatment of spinal cord compression by metastatic neoplasm
21. Neoplastic disease of the spinal extradural space
22. Treatment of metastatic extradural spinal cord tumors
23. Neurological complications of systemic cancer
24. Spinal cord compression: a neurological emergency
25. “Disappearing” spinal cord compression: oncolytic effect of glucocorticoids (and other chemotherapeutic agents) on epidural metastases
26. The treatment of extradural spinal cord compression
27. Dose dependence of Decadron in patients with partially excised brain tumors
28. Extradural spinal cord compression by tumor
29. Lesions of spinal epidural space producing cord compression
30. An evaluation of surgical treatment for spinal cord compression due to metastatic carcinoma
31. Malignant tumors of the spine and the spinal epidural space: a study based on 250 histologically verified cases
32. Metastatic neoplasms: a clinical and roentgenological study of involvement of skeleton and lungs
33. Experimental spinal cord compression by epidural neoplasms
34. Experimental spinal cord compression by extradural neoplasms: treatment
35. Extradural spinal metastases and their neurosurgical treatment
36. Role of surgery in the treatment of spinal cord compression by metastatic neoplasm
37. Metastatic epidural tumor of the spine
38. Malignant tumors in the spinal extradural space: results of surgical treatment