Spinal chondroma of the lumbar tract: Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 534-539

  Gaetani, Paolo ^a,b   Tancioni, Flavio ^a   Merlo, Paola ^a   Villani, Laura ^a   Spanu, Giovanni ^a   Rodriguez y Baena, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cartilage tumor; chondroma; lumbar tumor; spinal tumor

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHONDROMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE TUMOR;

ADULT; CHONDROMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030561032     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(96)00226-1     Document Type: Article

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