Spinal cord hamartoma: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1125-1128

  Riley, Kristen ^a   Palmer, Cheryl A ^b   Oser, Allen B ^c   Paramore, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Exophytic spinal cord lesion; Hamartoma; Spinal cord tethering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL FEATURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0032960620     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199905000-00109     Document Type: Article

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