Thoracic spinal intradural arachnoid cyst: Report of two cases and review of literature

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 877-882

  Abou Fakhr, Faysal S ^a,b   Kanaan, Salim V ^a   Youness, Fadi M ^a,b   Hourani, Mukbil H ^a,b   Haddad, Maurice C ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Ain Wa Zein Hospital   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; CT myelography; Imaging; MRI; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ARACHNOID; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD CYST; THORACIC SPINE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036550884     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300100995     Document Type: Article

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