Dumbbell-shaped paraganglioma of the cervical spine in a child

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-64

  Ojha, B K ^a   Sharma, M C ^a   Rastogi, M ^a   Chandra, A ^a   Husain, M ^a   Husain, N ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Dumbbell shaped tumor; Paraganglioma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADICULAR PAIN; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTIC PARESIS; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE TUMOR;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; PARAGANGLIOMA; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845902783     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097529     Document Type: Article

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