Intramedullary cystic lesions of the conus medullaris.
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Intramedullary cystic lesions of the conus medullaris.
Intramedullary cystic lesions of the conus medullaris are rare. Although an extensive literature describes syringomyelia as being a frequent basis for cystic cervico-thoracic lesions it is apparent that this does not occur frequently in the lumbosacral region (Kirgis and Echols, 1949; Netsky, 1953; Rand and Rand, 1960; Love and Olafson, 1966). Poser (1956), in a review of 234 cases of syringomy...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.31.2.106