MR imaging of a ruptured intraspinal dermoid tumour with fat droplets in the central spinal canal

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 444-446

  Karadag, Demet ^a   Karagülle, Ayşe Tuba ^a   Erden, Ayşe ^a,b   Erden, Ilhan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dermoid tumour; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYMPTOM; TERATOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

DERMOID CYST; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036454738     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2002.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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