Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

Medically reviewed by Huma Sheikh, MD Ependymoma is diagnosed using physical and neurological examinations, imaging, and ...

My primary care doctor ordered an MRI of the lower back and referred ... bone spurs and ligaments compressing the nerves that come off the spinal cord, or the spinal cord itself.

The vertebral canal in the neck can narrow over time due to age-related changes, leading to compression of the spinal cord and nerves ... may lead to suspicion of cervical stenosis, however, an MRI of ...

In order to remove a highly dangerous tumor located in the spinal cord and save the patient from the risk of paralysis, ...

Urgent MRI scans at her local hospital ... This is known as metastatic spinal-cord compression (MSCC), where the cancer presses on the nerves in the spine that carry messages between the brain ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed. There are many things that can cause this, but one of the most common is cervical ...

With a history of spinal injury ... and an MRI to evaluate for syringomyelia if the etiology remains in doubt. In this case, a syrinx resulted from cord compression from a previous trauma.