Vol 9, No 2 (2015)
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Pain management in woman with advanced cervical cancer and local spread to iliac bone and sacral plexus

Małgorzata Malec-Milewska
Medycyna Paliatywna w Praktyce 2015;9(2):52-54.

Abstract

This report describes a case of 34 years old woman suffering from advanced cervical cancer, with the spread to pelvic and inguinal lymph nodes, sacral bone, iliac bone, spinal nerve roots S1-S2 and gluteal muscles. It was accompanied by cachexia and pain (NRS 7–9), mostly within S1-S2 innervation. This was reduced with applied treatment to the level of NRS 3.

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