Anterior sacral meningocele completely occupied by an epidermoid tumor

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 209-211

  Shamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshida, Yasuko ^a   Shirane, Reizo ^a   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior sacral meningocele; Epidermoid tumor; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032933235     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050372     Document Type: Article

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