A rare case of solitary osteochondroma of the dens of the C2 vertebra

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 637-638

  Chatzidakis, E ^a   Lypiridis, S ^a   Kazdaglis, G ^a   Chatzikonstadinou, K ^a   Papatheodorou, G ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIKEA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cervical osteochondroma; Spinal benign tumour; Spinal osteochondroma; Vertebral exostosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALLING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OSTEOCHONDROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE TUMOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; OSTEOCHONDROMA; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34249687615     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-007-1151-z     Document Type: Article

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