Cervical chordoma in a patient with tuberous sclerosis presenting with shoulder pain

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-169

  Storm, Phillip B ^a   Magge, Suresh N ^a   Kazahaya, Ken ^b   Sutton, Leslie N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINE TUMOR; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHORDOMA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; NECK DISSECTION; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 33847358193     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098396     Document Type: Article

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