Spinal teratomas: A clinico-pathological study of 27 patients

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-252

  Sharma, Mehar Chand ^a   Jain, Deepali ^a   Sarkar, Chitra ^a   Suri, Vaishali ^a   Garg, Ajay ^a   Singh, Manmohan ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar ^a   Sharma, Bhawani Shankar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Intramedullary; Spinal dysraphism; Spinal tumour; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIPOMENINGOCELE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SPINAL CORD TERATOMA; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; TERATOMA; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPOMATOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINE; TERATOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149113284     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0212-x     Document Type: Article

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