Idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis associated with an orbital pseudotumor

European Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1401-1403

  Wild, T ^a   Strotzer, M ^a   Volk M ^a   Feuerbach, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Cranial nerves; MR imaging; Orbit; Pachymeningitis; Pseudotumor; Thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOPSY; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROME; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MENINGITIS; MENINX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT; ORBIT GRANULOMA; PATHOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROMES; GRANULOCYTES; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL, ORBITAL; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGES; MENINGITIS; ORBIT; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 0032604397     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050856     Document Type: Article

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