Intramedullary ossified cavernous angioma of the spinal cord: Case report

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 267-270

  Naim Ur Rahman, ^a   Jamjoom, A ^a   Al Rayess, M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Calcified cavernous angioma; Intramedullary tumour; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Spinal cord cavernous angioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE SURGERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELOGRAPHY; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031805610     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699845122     Document Type: Article

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