Ruptured spinal dermoid cyst with disseminated intracranial fat droplets

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 938, 2006, Pages 167-169

  Cha, J G ^a   Paik, S H ^a   Park, J S ^a   Park, S J ^a   Kim, D H ^a   Lee, H K ^a  

^a Scoonchunhyang Univ Bucheon Hosp   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST RUPTURE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD CYST; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TERATOMA; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

ADULT; DERMOID CYST; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644767972     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/17232685     Document Type: Article

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