Ganglioneuromas of the sacrum - A report of two cases with radiologic - pathologic correlation

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-121

  Mounasamy, Varatharaj ^a   Thacker, Mihir M ^a   Humble, Scott ^b   Azouz, Michel E ^b   Pitcher, J David ^a   Scully, Sean P ^a   Temple, H Thomas ^a   Eismont, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganglioneuromas; MRI; Sacrum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BONE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXCISION; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEURAL CREST CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SCHWANN CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACRUM; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS;

EID: 31144454688     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-005-0028-6     Document Type: Article

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