Cerebral sinus thrombosis diagnosed by MRI and MR venography in cancer patients

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1222-1226

  Raizer, Jeffrey J ^a   DeAngelis, Lisa M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Magnetic resonance venography; MRI; Sinus thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN INFARCTION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM TUMOR; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLID TUMOR; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0034724249     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.6.1222     Document Type: Review

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