Osteochondroma of the thoracic spine: A dumbbell mass associated with spinal cord compression

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 361-363

  Sener, R Nuri ^a,b,c  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteochondroma; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GERIATRICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGY;

OSTEOCHONDROMA;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; OSTEOCHONDROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC SPINE;

AGED; BACK PAIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; OSTEOCHONDROMA; RIBS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0032125286     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(98)00038-X     Document Type: Article

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