Differential diagnosis of posterior fossa multiple sclerosis lesions - Neuroradiological aspects

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue , 2001, Pages S79-S83

  Falini, A ^a   Kesavadas, C ^a   Pontesilli, S ^a   Rovaris, M ^a   Scotti, G ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Inflammatory; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Posterior fossa; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LABORATORY TEST; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SARCOIDOSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CEREBELLUM; CHEMOTHERAPY; ISCHEMIA; LISTERIA; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE;

EID: 0035676987     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720100040     Document Type: Article

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