Surgical treatment for intramedullary spinal cord melanocytomas: Report of 3 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-54

  Horn, Eric M ^a   Nakaji, Peter ^b   Coons, Stephen W ^b   Dickman, Curtis A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanotic; Meningeal melanocytoma; Neoplasm; Spine tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOCYTOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46749145299     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/9/7/048     Document Type: Article

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