Spinal cord edema: Unusual magnetic resonance imaging findings in cervical spondylosis

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 8-13

  Lee, Jangbo ^b   Koyanagi, Izumi ^a   Hida, Kazutoshi ^b   Seki, Toshitaka ^b   Iwasaki, Yoshinobu ^b   Mitsumori, Kenji ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical spondylosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord edema

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFLAMMATION; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; VENOUS CIRCULATION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0037868996     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2003.99.1.0008     Document Type: Article

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