Rupture of spinal dermoid tumors with spread of fatty droplets in the cerebrospinal fluid pathways

Neuroradiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 572-579

  Calabro F ^a   Capellini, C ^b   Jinkins, J R ^c  

^a Clinica Villa Salus Genoa   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermoid tumor, spinal; Fat, free; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meningitis; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TERATOMA;

ADULT; DERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033888936     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340000345     Document Type: Article

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