Metastasis to the conus medullaris: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1164-1167

  Guppy, Kern H ^a,b   Wagner, Franklin ^c  

^a Department of Neurosurgery Kaiser Sacramento ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma of the lung; Conus medullaris metastasis; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDULLARY CONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE METASTASIS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845191424     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000245584.85660.F9     Document Type: Article

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