"Epidural Neoplasms" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Neoplasms located in the space between the vertebral PERIOSTEUM and DURA MATER surrounding the SPINAL CORD. Tumors in this location are most often metastatic in origin and may cause neurologic deficits by mass effect on the spinal cord or nerve roots or by interfering with blood supply to the spinal cord.
| Descriptor ID |
D015174
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.588.614.250.803.342 C10.228.854.765.342 C10.551.240.750.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Epidural Neoplasms- Epidural Neoplasms
- Neoplasms, Epidural
- Epidural Neoplasm
- Epidural Tumors
- Epidural Tumor
Epidural Neoplasm, Malignant- Epidural Neoplasm, Malignant
- Epidural Neoplasms, Malignant
- Malignant Epidural Neoplasms
- Malignant Epidural Neoplasm
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epidural Neoplasms" by people in Profiles.
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Clinicopathological review: cord compression secondary to a lesion of the cervical spine in an 11-year-old girl. Neurosurgery. 2004 Apr; 54(4):934-7; discussion 938.