Intramedullary spinal teratoma presenting with urinary retention: Case report and review of the literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 379-385

  Poeze, Martijn ^a   Herpers, Marcel J H M ^a   Tjandra, Bernard ^a   Freling, Gerard ^a   Beuls, Emiel A M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Histology; Incidence; Neurosurgery; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROCOCCYX TUMOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TERATOMA; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0032819044     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199908000-00038     Document Type: Article

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