Acute neurological deterioration as a result of two synchronous hemorrhagic spinal ependymomas

Surgical Neurology International

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Martinez Perez, Rafael ^a   Hernandez Lain, Aurelio ^a   Paredes, Igor ^a   Munarriz, Pablo M ^a   Castaño Leon, Ana M ^a   Lagares, Alfonso ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deterioration; ependymoma; hemorrhage; spine; tumor bleeding

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPENDYMOMA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84865591523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21527806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.93865     Document Type: Article

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