Tumoral calcinosis in the upper cervical spine: A case report

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 249-252

  Kokubun, Shoichi ^a   Ozawa, Hiroshi ^a   Sakurai, Minoru ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhisa ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Sendai Nishitaga Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal; cervical spine; tumoral calcinosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR CALCINOSIS;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0030053324     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199601150-00017     Document Type: Article

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