Leiomyosarcoma metastases to the spine: Case series and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-183

  Elhammady, Mohamed Samy A ^a   Manzano, Glen R ^a   Lebwohl, Nathan ^a   Levi, Allan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Initial presentation; Metastatic leiomyosarcoma; Spinal leiomyosarcoma; Spinal metastasis

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINE FUSION; SYMPTOM; UTERUS DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33847783075     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.2.178     Document Type: Article

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