MR imaging of a hemorrhagic and granulomatous cyst of the ligamentum flavum with pathologic correlation

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1166-1168

  Mahallati, Houman ^b   Wallace, Carla J ^a   Hunter, K Michael ^b   Bilbao, Juan M ^b   Clark, Arthur W ^b  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYST; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; CYSTS; GRANULOMA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0032748009     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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