Multiple communicating intradural arachnoid cysts: Usefulness of myelography and myelo-computed tomography using both lumbar and cervical punctures. Case report

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 94-98

  Osuka, Koji ^a,b   Takayasu, Masakazu ^b   Tanazawa, Toshihiko ^a   Ichihara, Kaoru ^a   Itoh, Yatuo ^a  

^a Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intradural arachnoid cyst; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myelo computed tomography; myelography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030741816     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01138190     Document Type: Article

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