Primary spinal leptomeningeal gliomatosis presenting visual disturbance as the initial symptom: Case report

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 480-481

  Kobayashi, M ^a   Hara, K ^a   Nakatsukasa, M ^b   Murase, I ^b   Toya, S ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Imperial Foundation Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocytomal intracranial hypertension; Gliomatosis; Leptomeningeal; Spinal cord tumour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; VISUAL DISORDER;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGES; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0029866018     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01420313     Document Type: Article

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