Small cell cancer of the cervix presenting as compression of the spinal cord and cauda equina

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-295

  Ampil, Federico L ^a   Burton, Gary V ^a   Abreo, Fleurette ^a   Apple, Sherry ^a   Hardjasudarma, Mardjohan ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAMINECTOMY; METASTASIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0031971230     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199803000-00019     Document Type: Article

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