Management of intramedullary endometriosis of the conus medullaris: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 955-958

  Erbayraktar, Serhat ^a   Acar, Berrin ^a   Saygili, Uǧur ^a   Kargi, Aydanur ^a   Acar, Ümit ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conus medullaris; Endometriosis; Spinal cord diseases

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0036858344     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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