Engorged anterior epidural venous plexus mimics an anterior epidural mass

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 242-244

  Shinaver, C Nazenin ^a   Caldemeyer, Karen S ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural venous plexus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; ANTERIOR EPIDURAL MASS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSTONIA; ENGORGED ANTERIOR EPIDURAL VENOUS PLEXUS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EYE MOVEMENT; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; HEMIPARESIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; PAIN SEVERITY; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STEROID THERAPY; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; STEROID;

EID: 0031694728     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon199884242     Document Type: Article

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