Spinal cord compression from metastatic Leydig's cell tumor of the testis: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 407-411

  Sawin, Paul D ^a   VanGilder, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Leydig's cell tumor; Metastasis; Paraparesis; Spinal cord compression; Testis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TESTIS TUMOR; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

AGED; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030032876     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199602000-00037     Document Type: Article

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