The Feasibility of Spinal Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Spinal Metastasis with Epidural Cord Compression

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression and Recurrent Spinal Metastasis.

Metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (MESCC) is an oncologic emergency and if left untreated, permanent paralysis will ensue. The treatment of MESCC is governed by disease, patient, and treatment factors. Patient's preferences and goals of care are to be weighed into the treatment plan. Ideally, a patient with MESCC is evaluated by an interdisciplinary team promptly to determine the urge...

Contemporary treatment with radiosurgery for spine metastasis and spinal cord compression in 2015

With the progress of image-guided localization, body immobilization system, and computerized delivery of intensity-modulated radiation delivery, it became possible to perform spine radiosurgery. The next question is how to translate the high technology treatment to the clinical application. Clinical trials have been performed to demonstrate the feasibility of spine radiosurgery and efficacy of ...

Spinal cord compression due to carcinoid metastasis.

A case of cord compression secondary to the carcinoid syndrome is reported. The patient made an excellent response to surgical treatment, emphasizing that active management of this unusual complication should be considered.

Spinal cord compression syndrome caused by intraspinal epidural fibrous cord

RATIONALE The spinal cord compression caused by intraspinal epidural fibrous cord. PATIENT CONCERNS All patients in this study had spinal cord compression syndrome caused by an intraspinal epidural fibrous cord, manifested as abnormally increased epidural adipose tissue by imaging. DIAGNOSE These abnormal fibrous connective tissue strips were not identical to the known pathological tissue s...

Treatment of metastatic epidural spinal cord compression: the Goldilocks principle.