A case of Proteus syndrome with severe spinal canal stenosis, scoliosis, and thoracic deformity associated with tethered cord

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 336-339

  Yamamoto, Asako ^a   Yuzurihara, Masahito ^b   O'Uchi, Toshihiro ^b   Kikuchi, Yoichi ^b   Kubota, Motoo ^b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Proteus syndrome; Scoliosis; Spinal canal stenosis; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LIPOMA; LORDOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; THORAX DEFORMITY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROTEUS SYNDROME; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863186322     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-011-0044-5     Document Type: Article

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