title: Spinal epidural compression complicating cancer of the cervix: review of seven cases.
abstract: Records of women with newly diagnosed cancer of the cervix during a 16-year period were reviewed retrospectively for the development of spinal epidural compression by metastatic tumor (SECMT). Of the 361 cases studied, seven patients (2%) experienced SECMT. Epidural compression often involved the lumbar segment, tended to occur in the nonelderly population, and was relatively protracted in onset following the diagnosis of cervical cancer in cases of metachronous presentations. Although the prognosis was generally poor, the application of therapy may have promoted a better quality of remaining life by relieving pain or restoring the ability to walk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport, USA.
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Ampil
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Apple
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary*; D015174:Epidural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010166:Palliative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy; D015996:Survival Rate; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology