Plexiform neurofibroma of the cauda equina: A case report and review of the literature

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-80

  Simou, Nafsika ^a   Zioga, Aikaterini ^a   Zygouris, Andreas ^a   Pahatouridis, Dimitrios ^a   Charalabopoulos, Konstatinos ^a   Batistatou, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Plexiform neurofibroma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; DURA MATER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE ROOT; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEXIFORM NEUROFIBROMA; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CAUDA EQUINA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEUROFIBROMA, PLEXIFORM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; POLIOMYELITIS; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 37549006049     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896907304521     Document Type: Review

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