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ArticleSurgical neurology international2020

Metastatic epidural spinal column compression due to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma causing subacute Cauda equina syndrome: A case report.

Luis Diaz-Aguilar, Usman Khan, Ronald Sahyouni, Nolan James Brown, Scott Olson, Joseph Anthony Osorio

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
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1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Epidemiological and pathological characteristics of spinal metastases from gastrointestinal cancers - a series of 40 cases.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Luis Diaz-AguilarDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.
Usman KhanDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.
Ronald SahyouniDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.
Nolan James BrownDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Irvine, California, United States.
Scott OlsonDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.
Joseph Anthony OsorioDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.
Neurological Surgery · USUniversity of California, San Diego · USUniversity of California, Irvine · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common pancreatic malignancy, which rarely metastasizes to the spine. CASE DESCRIPTION: Here, we present a lytic lumbar metastatic PDAC resulting in severe epidural spinal cord compression (ESCC) with instability. The lesion required preoperative particle embolization, surgical decompression, and fusion.

conclusionThis case report shows that PDAC may metastasize to the lumbar spine requiring routine decompression with fusion.

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Cauda equina syndromeDecompressionInstrumentationPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaSpinal metastasis

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PMID33033641
PMCPMC7538966
OpenAlexW3083279040

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