Non-traumatic spinal extradural haematoma: Magnetic resonance findings

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 192-196

  Law, E M ^a   Smith, P J ^a   Fitt, G ^a   Hennessy, O F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extradural; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal haematoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0033049147     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.1999.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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