Multiplication of infantile spinal lipomas after surgical untethering. Report of two cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 285-287

  Morimoto, Kazuyoshi ^a   Takemoto, Osamu ^a   Wakayama, Akatsuki ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fat cell; Infant; Lipoma; Tethered spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIPOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPOMA; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037380006     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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