Spinal cord compression caused by extradural arachnoid cysts: Clinical examples and review

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 70-74

  Chang, I Chang ^a   Chou, Ming Chih ^a   Bell, William R ^a   Lin, Zong I ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dura defect; Spinal arachnoid cyst; Spinal canal widening; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ARACHNOID; SPINAL ARACHNOID CYST; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINE DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CHILD; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 4043121927     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078911     Document Type: Article

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