Spinal cord compression secondary to a thoracic vertebral osteochondroma: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 252-257

  Tian, Ye ^a   Yuan, Wen ^a   Chen, Huajiang ^a   Shen, Xiaolong ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Exostosis; Hereditary multiple exostoses; Myelopathy; Oncology; Osteochondroma; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXOSTOSIS; HEREDITARY MULTIPLE EXOSTOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPESTHESIA; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDROMA; PARESTHESIA; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE TUMOR; THORACIC VERTEBRA OSTEOCHONDROMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; BONE NEOPLASMS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EXOSTOSES, MULTIPLE HEREDITARY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOCHONDROMA; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052562761     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.4.SPINE10484     Document Type: Article

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