Tetraparesis due to exostotic osteochondroma at upper cervical cord in a patient with multiple exostoses-mental retardation syndrome (Langer-Giedion syndrome)

Spinal Cord

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 190-194

  Miyamoto, K ^a,d   Sakaguchi, Y ^a   Hosoe, H ^a   Mori, A ^a   Yamazaki, S ^b   Hattori, S ^c   Shimizu, K ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nagoya City Kuseiin   (Japan)

^c Nagoya City Rehab Association   (Japan)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cord compression; Hereditary multiple exostoses; Langer Giedion syndrome; Mental retardation; Osteochondroma; Spinal tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSTEOCHONDROMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EXOSTOSES, MULTIPLE HEREDITARY; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LANGER-GIEDION SYNDROME; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15944397995     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101690     Document Type: Article

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