Split cord malformation and cystic teratoma masquerading as lipomeningomyelocele

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-49

  Muthukumar, Natarajan ^a  

^a MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Diastematomyelia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Split cord malformation; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOMA; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGOMYELOCELE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA;

EID: 0038660792     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0669-x     Document Type: Article

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