Cyst of the ligamentum flavum - Case report -

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 653-656

  Asamoto, Shunji ^a   Jimbo, Hiroyuki ^a   Fukui, Yasuyuki ^a   Doi, Hiroshi ^b   Sakagawa, Hajime ^b   Ida, Masahiro ^b   Takahashi, Manabu ^b   Shiraishi, Naoki ^c  

^a International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital   (Japan)

^b Department of Dentistry Oral surgery   (Japan)

^c KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyst of the ligamentum flavum; Histological feature; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXCISION; GANGLION CYST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM CYST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; GANGLION CYSTS; HUMANS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE;

EID: 29544432933     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.45.653     Document Type: Article

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