Primary extramedullary ependymoma of the cervical spine: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-59

  Son, Dong Wuk ^a   Song, Geun Sung ^a   Han, In Ho ^a   Choi, Byung Kwan ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Intradural extramedullary ependymoma cervical spine

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRADURAL EXTRAMEDULLARY EPENDYMOMA; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB WEAKNESS; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINAL ROOT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 79961200855     PISSN: 20053711     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2011.50.1.57     Document Type: Article

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