Distinguishing benign notochordal cell tumors from vertebral chordoma

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-299

  Yamaguchi, Takehiko ^a   Iwata, Jun ^b   Sugihara, Shinsuke ^b   McCarthy Jr , Edward F ^c   Karita, Michiaki ^d   Murakami, Hideki ^d   Kawahara, Norio ^d   Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki ^d   Tomita, Katsuro ^d  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kochi Health Sciences Center   (Japan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign notochordal cell tumor; Chordoma; MRI; Notochordal hamartoma; Notochordal rest; Spine; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN NOTOCHORDAL CELL TUMOR; BENIGN TUMOR; BONE PAIN; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CERVICAL SPINE; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COCCYGEAL BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRUM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; CHORDOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTOCHORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40149092617     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-007-0435-y     Document Type: Article

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