Action at a distance: A lumbar spine tumor presenting as trigeminal neuralgia

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 806-808

  Schwartz, Neil E ^a   Rosenberg, Sidney ^a   So, Yuen T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Myxopapillary ependymoma; Spinal tumor; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINE TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33750706205     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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