Spinal cord cavernous hemangioma associated with hematomyelia: Case report with sequential MRI follow-up and histological verification of hematoidin deposits

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1125-1132

  Nagashima, Chikao ^a   Nagashima, Ritsuko ^a   Masuda, Toshikazu ^b   Morita, Hitoshi ^b   Enomoto, Kyoko ^a   Watabe, Tsuneya ^a   Takahama, Motohide ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Helios Society Hospital

Author keywords

Cavernous angioma; Hematoidin; Hematomyelia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE;

BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030445676     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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