Palliative care rounds: T12 epidural metastasis mimicks pelvic recurrence of cecal adenocarcinoma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Following resection of an adenocarcinoma of the cecum, a 59-yr-old patient developed pelvic pain. Imaging of the pelvis was unrevealing, but magnetic resonance imaging of the spine demonstrated a T12 epidural lesion. Pelvic pain may be due to an upper lumbar or lower thoracic radiculopathy. This referral pattern must be recognized when evaluating cancer patients with occult pelvic pain.
Medical subject headings
- Adenocarcinoma
- Cecal Neoplasms
- Epidural Neoplasms
- Pelvic Pain