Mature spinal teratoma associated with thickened filum terminale

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 375-378

  Ates, Özkan ^a   Çayli, Süleyman R ^a   Koçak, Ayhan ^a   Alkan, Alpay ^a   Önal, Çagatay ^a   Usta, Ufuk ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Filum terminale teratoma; Intradural teratoma; Spinal cord tumor; Tethered cord; Thickened filum terminale

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOMETRY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCISION; LAMINECTOMY; LATENT PERIOD; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; REFLEX; RESIDUAL URINE; SENSORY EVALUATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINE TUMOR; TERATOMA; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL; CAUDA EQUINA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ADULT; CAUDA EQUINA; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA;

EID: 23844545613     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.45.375     Document Type: Article

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