Mediastinal paraganglioma causing spinal cord compression.
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Mediastinal paraganglioma causing spinal cord compression.
An invasive paraganglioma of the posterior mediastinum caused spinal cord compression in a 31 year old women. Electron microscopic examination of the paraganglioma invading the epidural space revealed numerous dense-cored granules in the cytoplasm of the tumour cells. We are reporting this case to present the ultrastructure of mediastinal paraganglioma, and to call attention to an unusual cause...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.40.3.276