MRI of epidermoid cyst of the conus medullaris

Spinal Cord

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 320-323

  Lai, Sung Wei ^a   Chan, Wing P ^a,b   Chen, Chia Yuen ^b   Chien, Jerry Chin Wei ^b   Chu, Jan Show ^a   Chiu, Wen Ta ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conus medullaris; Epidermoid cyst; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord tumor

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; KERATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONUS MEDULLARIS EPIDERMOID CYST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMOID CYST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEG PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD CYST; TAIWAN;

EPIDERMAL CYST; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 18944374931     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101673     Document Type: Article

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