Acute traumatic myelopathy secondary to a thoracic cyst in a professional football player

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1593-1595

  Lynn, Bryan ^a   Watkins, Robert G ^b   Watkins IV, Robert G ^b   Williams, Lytton A ^b  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Myelopathy; Spine; Synovial cyst; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPORT INJURY; SYNOVIAL CYST; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL INJURIES; SYNOVIAL CYST; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0034659340     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200006150-00022     Document Type: Article

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