MRI findings in Tolosa-Hunt syndrome before and after systemic corticosteroid therapy

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-90

  Çakirer, Sinan ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Corticosteroid treatment; Magnetic resonance imaging; Painful ophthalmoplegia; Tolosa Hunt syndrome

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; HORMONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING;

CAVERNOUS SINUS;

RADIOLOGY;

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRANIAL NERVE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TOLOSA HUNT SYNDROME;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TOLOSA-HUNT SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037300420     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00012-8     Document Type: Article

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