Ligamentum flavum hematoma in the lumbar spine - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 212-215

  Mizuno, Junichi ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Inoue, Tatsushi ^a   Hashizume, Yoshio ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyst; Disc herniation; Hematoma; Ligamentum flavum; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM HEMATOMA; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADICULAR PAIN; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYNOVIAL CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 18244393446     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.45.212     Document Type: Article

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