Coexisting intramedullary schwannoma with intramedullary cysticercus: Report of an unusual collision

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 866-867

  Vij, Mukul ^a   Jaiswal, Sushila ^b   Jaiswal, Awadhesh Kumar ^b   Behari, Sanjay ^b  

^a Global Hospital and Health City ^*  (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CYSTICERCUS; DERMATOME; DISEASE COURSE; EPENDYMOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LETTER; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPASTICITY; SPINE DISEASE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CYSTICERCUS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84856372488     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.91541     Document Type: Letter

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