Lymphangioma presenting as a dumbbell tumor in the epidural space of the lumbar spine

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-76

  Saito, Taichi ^a   Terada, Kazumasa ^a   Tsuchiya, Kuniyoshi ^a   Oda, Yoshinao ^a   Tsuneyoshi, Masazumi ^a   Iwamoto, Yukihide ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dumbbell tumor; Lumbar epidural space; Lymphangioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LYMPHANGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDURAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; LYMPHANGIOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032952270     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199901010-00018     Document Type: Article

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