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https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/32189| Title: | Thoracic ventral dural defect: Idiopathic spinal cord herniation. | Authors: | Naidoo P.;Robertson A. ;Chong W.;Morley S. | Institution: | (Morley, Naidoo, Robertson, Chong) Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Vic., Australia (Morley) Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton Road, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia | Issue Date: | 17-Oct-2012 | Copyright year: | 2006 | Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing (550 Swanston Street, Carlton South VIC 3053, Australia) | Place of publication: | Australia | Publication information: | Australasian Radiology. 50 (2) (pp 168-170), 2006. Date of Publication: April 2006. | Abstract: | Thoracic ventral dural defect, and resultant idiopathic spinal cord herniation, is a rare but increasingly recognized cause of a chronic progressive thoracic myelopathy, particularly in middle-aged women. A neurosurgically confirmed case is presented, together with a review of the pathogenesis, clinical presentation, imaging features, treatment options and progress of this entity post-treatment. © 2006 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists. | DOI: | http://monash.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01547.x | PubMed URL: | 16635036 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=16635036] | ISSN: | 0004-8461 | URI: | https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/32189 | Type: | Review | Type of Clinical Study or Trial: | Case series or case report |
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