Signal intensity changes on MRI during the healing process of spinal Langerhans cell granulomatosis: Report of two cases

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-101

  Aizawa, Toshimi ^a   Sato, Tetsuro ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhisa ^a   Kokubun, Shoichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic granuloma; Langerhans cell granulomatosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spine

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE LESION; BRACE; CASE REPORT; EOSINOPHIL; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINE; TISSUE REPAIR; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; CHILD; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 13744254061     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000112040.70321.c1     Document Type: Article

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