Contrast enhancement in Lhermitte-Duclos disease of the cerebellum: Correlation of imaging with neuropathology in two cases

Neuroradiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 381-385

  Spaargaren, L ^a   Cras, P ^a   Bomhof, M A M ^b   Lie, S T ^c   de Barsy, A M ^d   Croese, P H ^d   Teepen, J L J M ^c   Duwel, V H J M ^d   Van Goethem, J W ^a   Ozsarlak, O ^a   van den Hauwe, L ^d   De Schepper, A M ^a   Parizel, P M ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^d Algemeen Ziekenhuis Klina   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Dysplastic gangliocytoma; Lhermitte Duclos disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LHERMITTE DUCLOS DISEASE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038268482     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-003-0984-2     Document Type: Article

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