Giant cauda equina schwannoma: A case report

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 268-272

  Kagaya, Hitoshi ^a   Abe, Eiji ^a   Sato, Kozo ^a   Shimada, Yoichi ^a   Kimura, Atsushi ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Giant schwannoma; Incomplete excision; Ossification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE ROOT; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VERTEBRA BODY;

CAUDA EQUINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034650520     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200001150-00021     Document Type: Article

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