title: Back pain and epidural spinal cord compression.
abstract: Back pain, one of man's most common afflictions, can be caused by a wide variety of disorders ranging from exercise-induced lumbar strain to spinal cord compression by metastatic tumor. A rational approach to the diagnosis and management of the patient with back pain allows the physician to treat self-limited disorders without excessive workup while identifying those patients with malignant disease sufficiently early to prevent permanent neurological damage.
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary; D004824:Epidural Space; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010808:Physical Examination; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013127:Spinal Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology; D013131:Spine / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones