Spinal Cord Compression Caused by a Metastatic Bone Tumor in Buerger's Disease Patient.

Kim,  Dong Hee; Park,  Jong Kwon

doi:2000.38.2.379

Case Report

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 2000;38(2):379-382.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2000.38.2.379

Spinal Cord Compression Caused by a Metastatic Bone Tumor in Buerger's Disease Patient.

¹Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheon An, Korea.
²Department of General Surgery, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheon An, Korea.

Abstract

Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans) is an inflammatory, nonatherosclerotic, occlusive disease of small- and medium-sized arteries and veins that involves distal vessels of the extremities. Patients show symptoms related to ischemia of distal lower extremities and upper extremities (claudication, gangrene, rest pain, distal cyanosis). We report a case of progressive ascending motor weakness of the lower extremities in a Buerger's disease patient due to a metastatic bone tumor on the T3 level after lumbar epidural block and continuous cervical epidural block.