Metaplastic bone formation in a low grade conus glioma: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-280

  Siomin, Vitaly ^a   Willinsky, Robert ^a   Shannon, Patrick ^a   Guha, Abhijit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bony metaplasia; Calcification; Conus medullaris; Intramedullary tumor; Low grade glioma; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CALCIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; METAPLASIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSORY EVALUATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ASTROCYTOMA; BONE AND BONES; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOGENESIS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037723111     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023366405828     Document Type: Article

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