Giant intrathoracic meningoceles associated with cutaneous neurofibromatosis type I: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 3 A, 2003, Pages 677-681

  De Andrade, Guilherme Cabral ^a,b   Braga, Otávio Piccirillo ^a   Hisatugo, Marcelo Ken Iti ^a   Neto, Manuel Antônio de Paiva ^a   Succi, Ernesto ^a   Braga, Fernando Menezes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intrathoracic meningocele; Neurofibromatosis type I

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; MALE; MENINGOCELE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULAR PAIN; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041692945     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2003000400029     Document Type: Article

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