Transient blindness associated with reversible occipital white matter abnormalities: Two patients studied by MR, CT, and 18F-FDG PET imaging

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 240-242

  Meyer, Michael A ^a   Galloway, Gloria ^b   Khan, Shahzad ^c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Metabolic; MRI; PET; Seizures; White matter

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEIZURE; ANION GAP; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CHOLESTASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HYPOKALEMIA; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROIMAGING; PET SCANNER; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; WHITE MATTER LESION;

EID: 0031689417     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon199884240     Document Type: Article

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