Metastatic spinal cord compression of testicular yolk sac tumor

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 171-174

  Lee, Jung Kil ^a   Kim, Soo Han ^a   Kim, Jae Hyoo ^a   Kim, In Young ^a   Kim, Tae Sun ^a   Jung, Shin ^a   Kang, Sam Suk ^a   Lee, Je Hyuk ^a   Lee, Min Cheol ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Metastasis; Spinal cord compression; Testis; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METASTASIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TESTIS TUMOR; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036556048     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0554-7     Document Type: Article

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