Idiopathic spinal cord herniation associated with calcified thoracic disc extrusion: Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 364-368

  Sagiuchi, Takao ^a,b   Iida, Hideo ^b   Tachibana, Shigekuni ^a   Utsuki, Satoshi ^a   Tanaka, Ryusui ^a   Fujii, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b International Goodwill Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown S quard syndrome; Disc herniation; Dural defect; Idiopathic spinal cord herniation; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DURA MATER; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD HERNIATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0042814748     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.43.364     Document Type: Article

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