Abstract
Any patient with known cancer presenting with persistent, unexplained, and spontaneous back pain should be considered as having epidural spinal cord compression (ESCC) until proven otherwise.
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(2008). Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression. In: Practicing Neurology. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-297-7_24
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