Idiopathic chronic hypertrophic pachymeningitis causing thoracic cord compression

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 515-517

  Sridhar, K ^a   Vasudevan, M C ^a  

^a VHS Medical Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic pachymeningitis; Spinal

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PACHYMENINGITIS; LAMINECTOMY; MENINGITIS; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 11344257830     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690400012475     Document Type: Article

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