Cystic lesion of the ventriculus terminalis: Proposal for a new clinical classification - Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-168

  Batista, Leonardo De Moura ^a   Acioly, Marcus André ^a   Carvalho, Carlos H ^a   Ebner, Florian H ^a   Tatagiba, Marcos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conus medullaris; Cyst; Disease classification; Fifth ventricle; Ventriculus terminalis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONUS MEDULLARIS; CORDOTOMY; CYSTIC LESION OF THE VENTRICULUS TERMINALIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINAL CORD LESION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; CYSTS; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SCIATICA; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 38949087976     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/8/2/163     Document Type: Article

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