Gaze-evoked amaurosis heralding orbital angiomyoma. Case report

Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-34

  Salvi, F ^a,b   Bernardi, B ^a   Mascalchi, M ^a   Bisulli, F ^a   Zonari, P ^a   Foschini, M P ^a   Dina, R ^a   Tassinari, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amaurosis; Orbital tumors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOMYOMA; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031062665     PISSN: 03920461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02106227     Document Type: Article

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