Intraspinal meningioma in a 101-year old: should age determine the aggressiveness of intervention?

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-134

  Cavanaugh, David A ^a   Jawahar, Ajay ^a   Lee, J Anthony ^b   Wilkinson, Kimberly ^a   Kerr III, Eubulus J ^a   Nunley, Pierce D ^a  

^a Spine Institute of Louisiana   (United States)

^b Delta Pathology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Elderly; Intraspinal; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRASPINAL MENINGIOMA; KNEE; LAMINECTOMY; LEG MUSCLE; MENINGIOMA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSAMMOMATOUS MENINGIOMA; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MENINGIOMA; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38749111792     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.01.041     Document Type: Article

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