Giant congenital melanocytic naevus and symptomatic thoracic arachnoid cyst

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 124-128

  Holmes, Gary ^a   Wines, Nina ^a   Ryman, William ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bathing trunk naevus; Magnetic resonance scanning; Neurocutaneous melanosis; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; GABAPENTIN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHAKOMATOSIS; RADICULAR PAIN; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0035005222     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2001.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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