Author: Charlotte Davies / Editor: Yasmin Sultan / Reviewer: Charlotte Davies / Codes: / Published: 03/11/2021 / Reviewed: 09/08/2025
A 62-year-old with prostatic cancer attends the Emergency Department (ED) with constipation, unremitting nocturnal back pain, and weakness of his hip flexors. He is in severe pain. Your ivory tower has all forms of imaging modality available immediately.
You provide opiate analgesia and his pain improves significantly.
Answer the questions based on this RCEMLearning blog.
