Nasopharyngeal carcinoma spinal metastasis without percussion tenderness

Kai-Chieh Chang; Hsueh-Wen Hsueh

doi:10.1016/j.ensci.2020.100228

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma spinal metastasis without percussion tenderness

eNeurologicalSci. 2020 Feb 3:18:100228. doi: 10.1016/j.ensci.2020.100228. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Authors

Kai-Chieh Chang¹, Hsueh-Wen Hsueh¹

Affiliation

¹ National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Department of Neurology, Taipei, Taiwan.

Abstract

•Spinal metastasis usually presented with percussion tenderness.•Pain could be absent in infiltrative spine metastasis without compression fracture.•MRI should be performed in patients with myelopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports