Filum ependymoma mimicking spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Headache

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 607-609

  Schievink, Wouter I ^a   Akopov, Sergey E ^b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Providence St Joseph Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Headache; Intracranial hypotension; Spine tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPENDYMOMA; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPENDYMOMA; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MALE; POSTURE; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 20544454491     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2005.05117_2.x     Document Type: Article

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