Functioning paraganglioma of the thoracic spine: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 992-995

  Jeffs, Graham Joseph ^a,b   Lee, Gabriel Yin Foo ^a   Wong, George Tse Hwai ^a   Hadley, Mark N ^b   O'Toole, John E ^b   McCormick, Paul C ^b   Commins, Deborah L ^b   Traynelis, Vincent C ^b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Paraganglioma; Pheochromocytoma; Spinal neoplasm

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPESTHESIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 0141864316     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000084082.08940.7F     Document Type: Article

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