Spinal osteochondroma: Spectrum of a rare disease - Report of 3 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 561-566

  Srikantha, Umesh ^a   Bhagavatula, Indira Devi ^a   Satyanarayana, Satish ^a   Somanna, Sampath ^a   Chandramouli, Bengaluru A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Benign bony tumor of the spine; Facet joint osteochondroma; Osteochondroma; Spectrum; Spinal osteochondroma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACETECTOMY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT SURGERY; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDROMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADICULOPATHY; RARE DISEASE; SPINAL OSTEOCHONDROMA; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOCHONDROMA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 45149130945     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/8/6/561     Document Type: Article

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