First Symptom in neoplastic epidural spinal cord compression
What symptom is usually the first reported in neoplastic epidural spinal cord compression?
Pain is usually the first and most common (80% to 90%) symptom of neoplastic epidural spinal cord compression.
Other possible symptoms include weakness, sensory findings, bladder/bowel dysfunction, and ataxia. Neoplastic epidural spinal cord compression most frequently is located in the thoracic spine.
Approximately 60% of cases occur in the thoracic spine, 30% in the lumbosacral spine, and 10% in the cervical spine.
