Spinal cord compression due to costal Echinococcus multilocularis

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-88

  Savas, Recep ^a   Calli, Cem ^a   Alper, Hüdaver ^a   Yunten, Nilgün ^a   Ustün, Esin Emin ^a   Ertuǧrul, Gürkan ^b   Ozacar, Rifat ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Lzmir Chest Disease Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

E. multilocularis (alveolaris); Hydatid disease; MRI; Rib; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; ONCOLOGY;

ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; HYDATID DISEASE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

MEBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RIBS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032909031     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(98)00066-4     Document Type: Article

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