Osteochondroma of the thoracic spine: An unusual cause of spinal cord compression

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 961-964

  Quirini, Gene E ^a   Meyer, Joel R ^a,b   Herman, Martin ^a   Russell, Eric J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bones, neoplasms; Spinal cord, compression; Spine, neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXOSTOSIS; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDROMA; PARESTHESIA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE TUMOR; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXOSTOSES, MULTIPLE HEREDITARY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOCHONDROMATOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029996307     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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