Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis Caused by Aspergillus Fumigatus: Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Pathologic Correlation—A Case Report

Angiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1990, Pages 652-657

  Dyken, Mark E ^a   Biller, José ^a   Yuh, William T C ^a   Fincham, Richard ^a   Moore, Steven A ^a   Justin, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; FATALITY; FUNGUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CAROTID SINUS; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0025045665     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: 19401574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979004100810     Document Type: Article

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