Thoracic intramedullary cysticercosis: Two case reports

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 575-579

  Muzumdar, Dattatraya ^a   Nadkarni, Trimurti ^a   Desai, Ketan ^a   Dindorkar, Kaustubh ^a   Goel, Atul ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Intramedullary cysticercosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurocysticercosis; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYSTICERCOSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CYSTICERCOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC DISEASES;

EID: 0036912083     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.42.575     Document Type: Article

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