Lumbosacral radiculopathy secondary to metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma: A case report

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 884-887

  Botwin, Kenneth P ^a   Zak, Paul J ^a  

^a Florida Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural injections; Radiculopathy; Uterine leiomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE METASTASIS; UTERUS SARCOMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034003533     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200004010-00019     Document Type: Article

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