Idiopathic spinal cord herniation. Report of two cases and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 331-335

  Miyake, Shigeru ^a   Tamaki, Norihiko ^a   Nagashima, Tatsuya ^a   Kurata, Hiromitsu ^a   Eguchi, Takahiro ^a   Kimura, Hidehiko ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown Squad syndrome; Cerebrospinal fluid flow study; Endoscopy; Extradural arachnoid cyst; Idiopathic spinal cord herniation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 0031907143     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.2.0331     Document Type: Article

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