Coccydynia due to a benign notochordal cell tumor

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Haasper, Carl ^a   Länger, Florian ^a   Rosenthal, Herbert ^a   Knobloch, Karsten ^a   Mössinger, Eckart ^a   Krettek, Christian ^a   Bastian, Leonhard ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Embryonic; Malignant; Musculoskeletal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN NOTOCHORDAL CELL TUMOR; BONE PAIN; BONE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCYGEAL BONE; COCCYGODYNIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; COCCYX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NOTOCHORD; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250761951     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318067e33a     Document Type: Article

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