The optic nerve tram-track sign

Radiology

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 718-719

  Kanamalla, Uday S ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Meninges; Neoplasms; Nerves; Optic; Signs in Imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NERVE SHEATH; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038287741     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2273010758     Document Type: Article

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