Ventral thoracic spinal cord herniation: Frequently misdiagnosed entity

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Darbar, Aneela ^a   Krishnamurthy, Satish ^a   Holsapple, James W ^a   Hodge, Charles J ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal arachnoid cyst; Myelopathy; Spinal cord herniation; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRAL THORACIC SPINAL CORD HERNIATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYELOGRAPHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33748077790     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000229247.69171.a1     Document Type: Article

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