Idiopathic syringomyelia and the importance of occult arachnoid webs, pouches and cysts

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 306-309

  Mallucci, C L ^a   Stacey, R J ^b   Miles, J B ^b   Williams, B ^a  

^a Midland Ctr Neurosurg and Neurol   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cysts; Idiopathic syringomyelia; Myelography; Occult arachnoid abnormalities; Restoration of normal flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SYMPTOM; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOID; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030795064     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699746087     Document Type: Article

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