Spontaneous rupture of spinal dermoid cyst with disseminated lipid droplets in central canal and ventricles

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 63-65

  Goyal, A ^a,b   Singh, D ^a   Singh, A K ^a   Gupta, V ^a   Sinha, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Central canal; Meningitis, etiology; Ruptured dermoid cyst

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST RUPTURE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIPID TRANSPORT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINE TUMOR; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DERMOID CYST; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 8444220091     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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