Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the lumbar vertebral column: Case report and review of literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 402-407

  Ellis, Thomas S ^a,b   Schwartz, Arnold ^a   Starr, John K ^a   Riedel, Charles J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; Spinal tumor; Vascular tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE CANCER; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030070581     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199602000-00036     Document Type: Article

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