A meningeal cyst of the thoracic spine presenting as prolonged paresis after ankle injury: Case report

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 207-210

  Adelson, P D ^a   Firlik, Katrina S ^a   Firlik, A D ^a   Hamilton, R L ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Neurologic function; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINX; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 0029761992     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973790     Document Type: Article

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