Paraganglioma of the filum terminale: Case report and literature review

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 540-542

  Ashkenazi, Ely ^a   Onesti, Stephen T ^a,b   Kader, Abraham ^a   Llena, Josefina F ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Filum terminale; Hydrocephalus; Papilledema; Paraganglioma; Spinal cord tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; CAUDA EQUINA; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PARAGANGLIOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032410630     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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