Blurring of the vessels of the interhemispheric fissure in multislice CT angiography: A sign of meningeal carcinomatosis

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 673-678

  Ertl Wagner, Brigit B ^a   Hoffmann, Ralf Thorsten ^a   Bruening, Roland ^a   Hermann, Karin ^a   Dichgans, Martin ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinomatosis; CT angiography; Meningeal disease; Multislice CT

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1842503002     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-2226-8     Document Type: Article

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