Ependymoma as a cause of low back pain in a young healthy athlete

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 685-687

  Kabler, Heidi A ^a   Syska, Brian E ^a   Springer, Brian L ^a   Singer, Jonathan I ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Ependymoma; Spinal tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CONUS MEDULLARIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPENDYMOMA; GAIT; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TENDON REFLEX; WEAKNESS; WRESTLING; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FOOTBALL; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPENDYMOMA; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; WRESTLING;

EID: 64249104888     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181887e60     Document Type: Article

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