Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 185-198 , September 2007

Extramedullary Intradural Spinal Tumors: A Pictorial Review

  • Douglas P. Beall, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiological Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Douglas P. Beall, MD, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, 920 Stanton L. Young, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Room WP1380, Oklahoma City, OK 73103.
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  • David J. Googe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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  • Robert L. Emery, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX
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  • Darin B. Thompson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX
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  • Scot E. Campbell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX
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  • Justin Q. Ly, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX
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  • David DeLone, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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  • James Smirniotopoulos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD.
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  • Chris Lisanti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX
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  • T. Jenks Currie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiological Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK

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doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2006.12.002

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 185-198 , September 2007

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