Idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis: Case report with 7 years of imaging follow-up

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-123

  Lee, Yu Chang ^a   Chueng, Yao Chung ^a   Hsu, Shin Wei ^a   Lui, Chun Chung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIPLOPIA; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC CRANIAL PACHYMENINGITIS; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037237393     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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