Hypertrophied cauda equina presenting as intradural mass: Case report and review of literature

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 514-519

  Hahn, Michael ^a   Hirschfeld, Alan ^a   Sander, Howard ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy; Nerve roots

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CAUDA EQUINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032079855     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00160-2     Document Type: Article

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