Unusual presentation of an adult intramedullary spinal teratoma with diplomyelia

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 190-194

  Mut, Melike ^a   Shaffrey, Mark E ^a   Bourne, T David ^b   Jagannathan, Jay ^a   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diplomyelia; Electrophysiologic monitoring; Intramedullary teratoma; Spinal; Split cord malformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOMYELIA; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAMEDULLARY SPINAL TERATOMA; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYMPTOM; TERATOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARESIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33846302433     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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