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Direct epidural metastasis of breast cancer mimicking a large lumbar disc sequestrum: A case report and review of literature.

Babak MirzashahiMohammadreza RazzaghofPouya Tabatabaei Irani
Published in: Clinical case reports (2023)
We report a case of cauda equina syndrome (CES) caused by an epidural metastasis of breast cancer, which oddly mimicked a large disc sequestrum leading to misdiagnosis. To our knowledge, it is the first report of a metastatic epidural breast cancer lesion mimicking a disc sequestrum.
Keyphrases
  • spinal cord
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • small cell lung cancer
  • healthcare
  • minimally invasive
  • young adults
  • spinal cord injury
  • breast cancer risk
  • childhood cancer