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Lumbosacral plexopathy due to dermoid cyst of the greater omentum.
We describe the case of a 66 year old woman with a lumbosacral plexopathy secondary to the compression produced by a dermoid cyst of the omentum, a complication not previously reported.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1887
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)23467-4