Intraspinal synovial cyst at the craniocervical junction

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 86-89

  Eustacchio, Sandro ^a   Trummer, M ^a   Unger, F ^a   Flaschka, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Craniocervical junction; Myelopathy; Synovial cyst

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; SYNOVIAL CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CRANIOTOMY; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GAIT DISORDER; HYPERREFLEXIA; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; PAIN; QUADRIPLEGIA; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CRANIOTOMY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SYNOVIAL CYST;

EID: 0037594667     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40378     Document Type: Article

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