Dorsal dumb-bell melanotic schwannoma operated on by posterior and anterior approach: Case report and a review of the literature

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2006, Pages

  De Cerchio, Leonardo ^a   Contratti, Filiberto ^a   Fraioli, Mario F ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carney syndrome; Dorsal dumb bell melanotic schwannoma; Spinal tumor; Thoracic nerve sheath tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CARNEY COMPLEX; CASE REPORT; DISEASE MARKER; DORSAL DUMB BELL MELANOTIC SCHWANNOMA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NERVE SHEATH; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHWANN CELL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750577311     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0205-x     Document Type: Article

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