Intramedullary non-specific inflammatory lesion of thoracic spine: A case report

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Landi, Alessandro ^a   Di Norcia, Valerio ^a   Dugoni, Demo E ^a   Tarantino, Roberto ^a   Cappelletti, Martina ^a   Antonelli, Manila ^a   Santoro, Antonio ^a   Delfini, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORDOTOMY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPESTHESIA; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINE INJURY; TENDON REFLEX; THORACIC SPINE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFLAMMATION; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; THORAX WALL;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 76749124911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-8-3     Document Type: Article

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