Chronic myelopathy associated to intramedullary cysticercosis

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Gonçalves, Fabrício Guimarães ^a,b   Neves, Priscilla Ornellas ^a   Jovem, Cassio Lemos ^a   Caetano, Candice ^a   Maia, Livia Bravo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intramedullary cysticercosis; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Neurocysticercosis (NCC); Spinal neurocysticercosis; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORDOTOMY; CYSTICERCUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77749251797     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c89f2c     Document Type: Article

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