Thoracic intramedullary melanocytoma with long-term follow-up: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 589-592

  Chacko, Geeta ^a   Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Intramedullary spinal cord tumor; Melanocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RARE DISEASE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACIC INTRAMEDULLARY MELANOCYTOMA; THORAX TUMOR; ASPIRATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

GADOLINIUM;

EID: 66049157636     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI.2008.9.08323     Document Type: Article

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