A case of persistent back pain and constipation in a 5-year-old boy

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-137

  O'Brien, Michael ^a   Curtis, Christine ^a   D'Hemecourt, Pierre ^a   Proctor, Mark ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intramedullary tumor; Mid thoracic cord; Unusual back pain

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DOCUSATE SODIUM; MACROGOL 3350;

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; EXCISION; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ASTROCYTOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ASTROCYTOMA; BACK PAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 75749114071     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/PSM.2009.04.1694     Document Type: Article

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