Symptomatic lumbar foraminal epidural varix. Case report and review of the literature

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-160

  Pekindil, G ^a,b   Yalniz, E ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Epidural; Spinal cord (blood supply); Varicose veins; Varix

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLOLYSIS; VARICOSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 0030902313     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699746546     Document Type: Article

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