Table 2 Features of Malignant Spinal Cord Compression and Patient Characteristics at Diagnosis
From: Symptomatic malignant spinal cord compression in children: a single-center experience
Feature/characteristic | At diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
N | % | |
No of cases | 44 | 100 |
Timing of SCC | ||
At diagnosis | 33 | 75.0 |
At relapse | 11 | 25.0 |
Symptom–diagnosis interval, days | ||
≤ 7 | 19 | 43.2 |
8–30 | 11 | 25 |
> 30 | 14 | 31.8 |
Symptoms | ||
Motor deficit | 44 | 100 |
Grade 1 | 10 | 22.7 |
Grade 2 | 19 | 43.2 |
Grade 3 | 15 | 34.1 |
Pain | 26 | 59.1 |
Upper extremities | 3 | 11.5 |
Lower extremities | 12 | 46.1 |
Spinal | 11 | 42.3 |
Irritability | 3 | 6.8 |
Sphincter dysfunction | 19 | 43.2 |
Respiratory distress | 2 | 4.5 |
Spinalcord MRI, N (%) | 44 | 100 |
Level of spinal cord compression | ||
Cervical | 3 | 6.8 |
Cervico-thoracic | 3 | 6.8 |
Thoracic | 16 | 36.4 |
Thoraco-lumbar | 8 | 18.2 |
Lumbar | 5 | 11.4 |
Lumbar-sacral | 7 | 15.9 |
Thoracic-lumbar-sacral | 1 | 2.3 |
Neurosurgical treatment | 42 | 95.4 |