Direct Epidural Metastasis of Breast Cancer Mimicking a Large Lumbar Disc Sequestrum: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Overview

Journal Clin Case Rep

Date 2023 Mar 30

PMID 36992677

Authors

Babak Mirzashahi

Mohammadreza Razzaghof

Pouya Tabatabaei Irani

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Abstract

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.

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