Fifth ventricle: An unusual cystic lesion of the conus medullaris

Spinal Cord

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 381-384

  Liccardo, G ^a,b   Ruggeri, F ^a   De Cerchio, L ^a   Floris, R ^a   Lunardi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conus medullaris; Fifth ventricle; Ventriculus terminalis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDULLARY CONE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM DILATATION; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 21244465565     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101712     Document Type: Review

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