Orbital venous-lymphatic malformations (lymphangiomas) mimicking cavernous hemangiomas

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 364-370

  Selva, Dinesh ^a   Strianese, Diego ^b   Bonavolonta, Giulio ^b   Rootman, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035123420     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00826-6     Document Type: Article

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