Thoracic neurenteric cyst in an adult: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1239-1243

  Lee, Sun H ^a   Dante, Stephen J ^a   Simeone, Frederick A ^a   Curtis, Mark T ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior vertebral column abnormality; Neurenteric cyst; Thoracic intraspinal cyst; Thoracic scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINE MALFORMATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0032746652     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199911000-00051     Document Type: Article

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