Tolosa-Hunt syndrome with atypical intrasellar and juxtasellar lesions - Two case reports -

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-170

  Takahashi, Yoshihiko ^a   Abe, Toshi ^a   Kojima, Kazuyuki ^a   Ochiai, Satoshi ^a   Miyagi, Jun ^a   Shigemori, Minoru ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Meningeal enhancement; MRI; Nonspecific inflammatory qranulomatosis; Tolosa Hunt syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATHOLOGY; SELLA TURCICA;

FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; SELLA TURCICA;

EID: 0029688365     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.43.165     Document Type: Article

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