Intradural C-1 ventral root schwannomas treated by surgical resection via the lateral suboccipital transcondylar approach - Three case reports

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 298-301

  Ueda, Ryo ^a   Yoshida, Kazunari ^a   Kawase, Takeshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C 1 ventral root; Foramen magnum; Schwannoma; Transcondylar approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VENTRAL ROOT;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCIPITAL BONE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 33745504559     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.46.298     Document Type: Article

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