Anterior cervical arachnoid cyst presenting with traumatic quadriplegia

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 757-760

  Muthukumar, N ^a,b  

^a MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Cervical spine; Meningeal cyst; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSESTHESIA; FALLING; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL ARACHNOID; SPINAL CORD CYST; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 5744236788     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0903-1     Document Type: Article

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