Adult onset tethered cord syndrome associated with intradural dermoid cyst. A case report

Spinal Cord

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 260-262

  Terai, T ^a,b   Henmi, T ^a   Kanematsu, Y ^a   Fujii, K ^a   Mishiro, T ^a   Sakai, T ^a   Sairyo, K ^c  

^a Health Insurance Naruto Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult onset; Intradural dermoid cyst; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; JAPAN; KNOWLEDGE; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLLAKISURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TERATOMA; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

CAUDA EQUINA; DERMOID CYST; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; POLYRADICULOPATHY; SACRUM; SCIATICA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 33645729338     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101817     Document Type: Article

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