Intramedullary endometriosis of the conus medullaris: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Agrawal, Amit ^a   Shetty, Bellore J P ^a   Makannavar, Jagadeesh H ^a   Shetty, Lathika ^a   Shetty, Jayaprakash ^a   Shetty, Vikram ^a  

^a NITTE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Conus medullaris; Endometriosis; Spinal canal; Spinal cord diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPARESIS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC;

EID: 33748335494     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000223375.23617.DC     Document Type: Article

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