Acute onset intramedullary spinal cord abscess with spinal artery occlusion: A case report and review

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Iwasaki, Motoyuki ^a   Yano, Shunsuke ^b   Aoyama, Takeshi ^a   Hida, Kazutoshi ^a   Iwasaki, Yoshinobu ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial embolism; Intramedullary spinal cord abscess; MRI findings; Spinal infarction

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRA;

ABSCESS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051944577     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1703-z     Document Type: Article

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