Cervical spinal cord infarction after surgery for a pineal region choriocarcinoma in the sitting position: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1082-1086

  Nitta, Hisashi ^a   Yamashita, Junkoh ^a   Nomura, Motohiro ^a   Igarashi, Noboru ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal cord; Head flexion; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Pineal choriocarcinoma; Sitling position; Spinal cord infarction

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH RATE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INFARCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE INJURY;

EID: 0030972206     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199705000-00039     Document Type: Article

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