Benign notochordal lesions of the axial skeleton: A review and current appraisal

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1141-1152

  Kyriakos, Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial skeleton; Benign notochord cell tumor; Chordoma; Ecchordosis physaliphora; Giant notochord rest; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GADOLINIUM; PROTEIN S 100;

BENIGN NOTOCHORD CELL LESION; BENIGN NOTOCHORD CELL TUMOR; BONE BIOPSY; BONE DESTRUCTION; BONE LESION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GIANT NOTOCHORD REST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MESENCHYME CELL; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; VERTEBRA BODY;

CHORDOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NOTOCHORD; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052064093     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-011-1167-6     Document Type: Review

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