Idiopathic spinal cord herniation causing progressive Brown-Séquard syndrome

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 388-391

  Ellger, Tanja ^a   Schul, Christoph ^a   Heindel, Walter ^a   Evers, Stefan ^a   Ringelstein, Erich B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brown S quard syndrome; Spinal cord herniation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SPINAL CORD HERNIATION; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MYELOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; PARESTHESIA; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646110985     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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