Acute presentation of spinal epidural cavernous angiomas: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Caruso, Giuseppe ^a   Galarza, Marcelo ^a   Borghesi, Ignazio ^a   Pozzati, Eugenio ^b   Vitale, Mario ^a  

^a MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cavernous angiomas; Nerve root compression; Spinal cord compression; Spontaneous epidural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHIALGIA; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK PAIN; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL HEMATOMA; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL CARE; EPIDURAL NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847384106     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000255345.48829.0B     Document Type: Article

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