Cauda equina paraganglioma presenting with intracranial hypertension: Case report and review of the literature

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-244

  Sankhla, Suresh ^a,b   Khan, G M ^a  

^a Prince Aly Khan Hospital   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Intracranial hypertension; Paraganglioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; REVIEW;

ADULT; CAUDA EQUINA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARAGANGLIOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344659754     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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