Tarlov cysts: A controversial lesion of the sacral spine

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Lucantoni, Corrado ^a   Than, Khoi D ^b   Wang, Anthony C ^b   Valdivia Valdivia, Juan M ^b   Maher, Cormac O ^b   La Marca, Frank ^b   Park, Paul ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidental finding; Sacral perineural cyst; Spine; Surgery; Tarlov cyst

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SACRUM; TARLOV CYST;

HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SACRUM; TARLOV CYSTS;

EID: 84857148402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.9.FOCUS11221     Document Type: Article

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