Posterior spinal cord herniation into an extradural thoracic arachnoid cyst: Surgical treatment. Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 210-211

  Nejat, Farideh ^a   Cigarchi, Samira Zabihyan ^a   Kazmi, Syed Shuja ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Extradural arachnoid cyst; Paraplegia; Pediatric neurosurgery; Spinal cord herniation

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; BONE REMODELING; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GAIT; HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THORACIC SPINE; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HERNIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645740321     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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