Lumbar radiculopathy caused by extradural rheumatoid nodules: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 352-356

  Hirohashi, Nori ^a   Sakai, Toshinori ^a   Sairyo, Koichi ^a   Oba, Koichi ^a   Higashino, Kosaku ^a   Katoh, Shinsuke ^a   Yasui, Natsuo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extradural space; Histological examination; Lumbar spine; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid nodule

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 34748886131     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI-07/09/352     Document Type: Article

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