Extramedullary thoracic myxopapillary ependymoma - A case report of a rare tumour

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 869-872

  Cheng, C H ^a,b   Lee, T C ^a   Huang, H Y ^a   Lui, C C ^b  

^a Department of Neurosurgery ^*

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Intradural extramedullary; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord tumour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030278178     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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