A case of posttraumatic spinal pseudomeningocele which caused spinal cord compression 20 years after injury

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-42

  Isozumi, Kazuo ^a   Nagata, Eiichiro ^a   Amano, Takahiro ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Fukuuchi, Yasuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

posttraumatic spinal pseudomeningocele; root avulsion; spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MYELOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL ROOT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCELE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029938343     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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