Spinal meningeal melanocytoma in the S-1 nerve root sheath with paraspinal extension mimicking schwannoma

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-306

  Eun, Sang Soo ^a   Kim, Hoon Soo ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a   Liu, Wei Chiang ^a   Lee, June Ho ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Meningeal melanocytoma; Sacral spine; Schwannoma; Spine tumor

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DERMATOME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DURA MATER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MENINGIOMA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT; NERVE SHEATH; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIGMENT DISORDER; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

EID: 79953885221     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.06.034     Document Type: Review

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