Congenital dilation of the cervical epidural venous plexus: Neuroradiology and endovenous management

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-73

  Rodiek, S O ^a   Schmidhuber, H ^b   Lumenta, Ch B ^b  

^a KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Congenital; Endovenous embolisation; Epidural venous plexus; Foramen; Intervertebral

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEURORADIOLOGY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SPINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; SPINE DISEASE; VEIN DILATATION; VEIN MALFORMATION;

EID: 0033001357     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1053373     Document Type: Article

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