Two children presented with acute spinal cord compression by primary and metastatic intraspinal mesenchymal chondrosarcoma, a rare pediatric malignancy. Patients with the primary intraspinal tumor usually present early and often respond well to combined surgery, irradiation and chemotherapy. Patient
A rare cause of spinal cord compression: imaging appearances of gout of the cervical spine
β Scribed by R. Dharmadhikari; P. Dildey; I. G. Hide
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 186 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2348
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