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Mark John Stevens1, Charlotte Atkinson, Andrew M Broadbent
1Department of Palliative Medicine, Hope Health Care, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. mjstevens@ausdoctors.net
Journal of Palliative Medicine
|January 8, 2010
Abstract:
The malignant psoas syndrome (MPS) is a rare and challenging cancer pain state that is often refractory to rational polymodal analgesic therapy. We describe the first case of cervix cancer-related MPS due to extrinsic psoas muscle infiltration and review the therapeutic trajectory and outcome. The anatomic determinants, pain mechanisms, and current and proposed novel treatment strategies for MPS are discussed.
