Reversible holocord edema associated with intramedullary spinal abscess secondary to an infected dermoid cyst

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 282-286

  Tsurubuchi, Takao ^a   Matsumura, Akira ^a   Nakai, Kei ^a   Fujita, Keishi ^a   Enomoto, Takao ^a   Iwasaki, Nobuaki ^a   Nose, Tadao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermal sinus; Holocord edema; Intramedullary spinal abscess; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PANIPENEM;

ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; HOLOCORD EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTED DERMOID CYST; INFLAMMATION; INTRAMEDULLARY SPINAL ABSCESS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; TERATOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; INFANT; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ABSCESS; DERMOID CYST; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0036886696     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066306     Document Type: Article

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