Dumb-bell-type teratoma in the lumbar spine

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 104-108

  Okuyama, Koichiro ^a   Abe, Eiji ^b   Hoshi, Naoto ^b   Misawa, Akiko ^a   Tamura, Yasuki ^a   Chiba, Mitsuho ^a  

^a Japan Organization of Occupational Health and Safe   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult teratoma; Dumb bell type tumor; Lumbar spine; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; TERATOMA;

EID: 0034016959     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050020     Document Type: Article

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