title: Extradural metastatic breast carcinoma detected on a bone scan.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology