Intramedullary mature teratoma of the cervical spinal cord at C1-2 associated with occult spinal dysraphism in an adult. Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 579-584

  Makary, Raafat ^a   Wolfson, David ^a   Dasilva, Victor ^a   Mohammadi, Amir ^a   Shuja, Sania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Occult spinal dysraphism; Teratoma; Upper cervical spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HARRINGTON INSTRUMENTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROSURGERY; MOTOR COORDINATION; NECK PAIN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 34250005693     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.6.12     Document Type: Article

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