MRI artifact masquerading as orbital disease

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 343-347

  Brown, Bruce A ^a,b,c   Swallow, Charles E ^a,b   Eiseman, Andrew S ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Moncrief Army Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Magnetic resonance imaging; Orbit

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANISOCORIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CASE REPORT; COLOR VISION; CONFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; ORBIT DISEASE; ORBIT PSEUDOTUMOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORBITAL DISEASES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0347719666     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:INTE.0000006832.22117.f6     Document Type: Article

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