The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages e6-e8 , July 2009

Gas-filled intradural cysts of the lumbar spine and the possible pathogenesis

  • Akira Sei, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Orthopaedic and Neuro-Musculoskeletal Surgery, Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1, Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan. Tel.: (81) 96-373-5226; fax: (81) 96-373-5228.
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  • Masaya Mizutamari, MD
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  • Toru Fujimoto, MD, PhD
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  • Takuya Taniwaki, MD, PhD
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  • Hiroshi Mizuta, MD, PhD

Received 26 May 2008 ,Accepted 14 January 2009.

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 Author disclosures: none.

PII: S1529-9430(09)00050-3

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.01.010

The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages e6-e8 , July 2009