Metastatic pulmonary intimal sarcoma presenting as cauda equina syndrome: First report of a case

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Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Rashid, Abbas ^a   Molloy, Sean ^a   Lehovsky, Jan ^a   Tirabosco, Roberto ^a   Hughes, Richard ^a   Butt, Sajid ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cauda equina syndrome; Computerized tomography; Pulmonary angiogram; Pulmonary artery sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SARCOMA; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE TUMOR; VERTEBRECTOMY; CAUDA EQUINA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INTIMA; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; SARCOMA; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; CAUDA EQUINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PULMONARY ARTERY; SARCOMA; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50949086587     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31817cf7ef     Document Type: Article

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