Patterns of anterior spinal canal involvement by neoplasms and infections

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 953-959

  Schellinger, Dieter ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Spine, anatomy; Spine, infection; Spine, neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ABSCESS; DISCITIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029970316     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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