Tarlov cysts: An overlooked clinical problem

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-167

  Murphy, Kieran J ^a   Nussbaum, David A ^b   Schnupp, Susan ^c   Long, Donlin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

fibrin; MRI; radiculopathy; Tarlov cysts

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SUCTION; TARLOV CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SUCTION; TARLOV CYSTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954602291     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1275599     Document Type: Article

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