Intramedullary spinal cord germinoma: Case report and review of the literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 187-191

  Itoh, Yasunobu ^a   Mineura, Katsuyoshi ^a   Sasajima, Hiroyasu ^a   Kowada, Masayoshi ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Intramedullary spinal cord tumor; Magnetic resonance imaging; Placental alkaline phosphatase

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030028783     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199601000-00041     Document Type: Article

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