Myolipoma in a tethered cord: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 214-216

  Brown, Peter G ^a   Shaver, Ellen G ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intradural spinal lipoma; Myolipoma; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DURA MATER; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0034037807     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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