Neuroradiological characteristics of ecchordosis physaliphora: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 830-834

  Toda, Hiroki ^a,b   Kondo, Akinori ^a   Iwasaki, Koichi ^a  

^a Kitano Med Res Inst and Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Computerized tomography; Ecchordosis physaliphora; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; CLIVUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECCHORDOSIS PHYSALIPHORA; ECTOPIC TISSUE; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA;

EID: 0031764495     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.5.0830     Document Type: Article

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