Intramedullary spinal cord cavernous malformations: Report of ten new cases

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-98

  Santoro, Antonio ^a   Piccirilli, Manolo ^a   Frati, Alessandro ^a   Salvati, Maurizio ^a,b   Innocenzi, Gualtiero ^b   Ricci, Giovanna ^a   Cantore, Giampaolo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cavernous malformations; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord; Surgery

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PIA MATER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642328174     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-003-0302-9     Document Type: Article

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