Spinal tumors in coexisting degenerative spine disease - A differential diagnostic problem

European Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 633-638

  Börm, Wolfgang ^a,b   Gleixner, Markus ^a   Klasen, Jürgen ^a  

^a KLINIKUM ASCHAFFENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis of spinal disease; Spinal tumor; Symptoms of spine tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 11144252706     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0678-4     Document Type: Article

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