Intramedullary spinal neurenteric cyst with fluid-fluid level: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 542-545

  Jhawar, Sukhdeep Singh ^a   Mahore, Amit ^a   Goel, Atul ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical meningitis; Fluid fluid level; Intramedullary; Neurenteric cyst; Spine; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILL; CORDOTOMY; CYST FLUID; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROWSINESS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; REFLEX DISORDER; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINE NEURENTERIC CYST; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINE;

EID: 84860640010     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.1.PEDS11469     Document Type: Article

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