Resection of benign sciatic notch dumbbell-shaped tumors

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 873-880

  Spinner, Robert J ^a   Endo, Toshiki ^a   Amrami, Kimberly K ^a   Dozois, Eric J ^a   Babovic Vuksanovic, Dusica ^a   Sim, Franklin H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dumbbell shaped tumor; Neurofibromatosis; Plexiform neurofibroma; Sciatic notch

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BUTTOCKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMA, PLEXIFORM; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATICA; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845473675     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.6.873     Document Type: Article

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