Hydrocephalus and Papilledema in Spinal Cord Tumors: A Report of Two Cases

Abstract Background The association between spinal cord tumors and hydrocephalus is a rarely reported phenomenon. Diagnosis in this group of patients is difficult as they present with findings of an intracranial pathology and the symptoms of a spinal lesion may be absent. C...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Nabil Marzban, Ankur Saxena, Dev Bhattacharyya, Marcel Ivanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2016-04-01
Series:The Surgery Journal
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1584584