Clinical characteristics of spinal nerve sheath tumors: Analysis of 149 cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 510-515

  Jinnai, Takahiro ^a,b   Hoshimaru, Minoru ^a,c   Koyama, Tsunemaro ^a  

^a Ohtsu Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Shiga University of Medical Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dumbbell tumor; Extramedullary tumor; Myelopathy; Neurofibroma; Neuroma; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL ROOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; NEUROMA; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL NERVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14644393567     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000153752.59565.BB     Document Type: Review

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