Diffuse Leptomeningeal Hyperintensity on Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery MR Images in Neurocutaneous Melanosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 138-141

  Hayashi, Masato ^a   Maeda, Masayuki ^a   Maji, Tomoaki ^a   Matsubara, Toshio ^a   Tsukahara, Hirokazu ^b   Takeda, Kan ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MELANOSIS; NEUROCUTANEOUS MELANOBLASTOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHAKOMATOSIS; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHILD; DIFFUSION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOSIS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGES; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1642541652     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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