Acute spinal cord compression

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Teaching point

Acute back pain with a sensory level (loss below umbilicus), bladder involvement and limb signs, especially with malignancy (multiple myeloma), is acute cord compression — a neurosurgical/oncological emergency (urgent MRI + steroids).

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