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 ...

thoracic, and lumbar myelopathy can overlap. This is because spinal compression can block the transmission of nerve signals traveling from the brain down the entire length of the spinal cord.

for people with spinal cord injury, may be especially problematic when changing from supine to sitting or standing. OH can also occur even after sitting in wheelchair. OH is most common in tetraplegia ...

In this case, a syrinx resulted from cord compression from a previous ... (A) Sagittal T2 image of cervical and upper thoracic spine showing syrinx (arrow) in spinal cord. (B) Sagittal T2 images ...

This condition involves a spinal curvature that was impacting 9-month-old Harper’s other organs, including her thoracic ... with that was a compression of her spinal cord,” Dr. Christman ...