Vertebral haemangioma causing cord compression: MRI findings

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 190-193

  Puvaneswary, M ^a   Cuganesan, R ^b   Barbarawi, M ^b   Spittaler, P ^b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Extradural; Haemangioma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGED; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0038141092     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0004-8461.2003.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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