Recurrent primary spinal subarachnoid neurocysticercosis

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Jang, Jae Won ^a   Lee, Jung Kil ^a,b   Lee, Jae Hyun ^a   Seo, Bo Ra ^a   Kim, Soo Han ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Primary; Spinal

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; ISCHIALGIA; MORBIDITY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; RECURRENCE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 77649322373     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b9d8b6     Document Type: Article

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