Uterus-like mass of müllerian origin in the lumbosacral region causing cord tethering: Report of two cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-76

  Sharma, Mehar Chand ^a   Sarkar, Chitra ^a   Jain, Deepali ^a   Suri, Vaishali ^a   Garg, Ajay ^a   Vaishya, Sandeep ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Choristoma; Heterotopia; M llerian tissue; Spina bifida; Spinal dysraphism; Tethered cord syndrome; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BLEEDING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOME; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; ENDOMETRIUM CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIPOMA; LOW BACK PAIN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; MIXED MULLERIAN TUMOR; NERVOUS TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; SPINA BIFIDA; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; ULCER; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOMA; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MIXED TUMOR, MULLERIAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33847051319     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.1.73     Document Type: Article

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