title: [Clinical analysis of 29 cases of hounglass spinal tumor].
abstract: We analysed retrospectively 29 cases with hounglass tumor in spinal canal from March 1990 to November 1998 in our hospital. Hounglass tumors in all patients were successfully diagnosed by CT scanning and magnetic resonance imaging(MRI). Microsurgery was carried out in 27 cases(27/29). Sixteen out of 27 cases were followed up from 8 months to 7 years. The result showed that 12 cases got complete healing, and 3 cases incomplete healing. The paper has stress discussion on the clinical features, CT, MRI examination and operation of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Hunan Medical University, Changsha 410011.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: C X
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: S X
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013115:Spinal Canal; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed