Idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis masquerading as Tolosa-Hunt syndrome

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 589-592

  Muthukumar, N ^a,c   Senthilbabu, S ^a   Usharani, K ^b  

^a MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Apollo Speciality Hospitals   (India)

^c Muruganagam   (India)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Dura mater; Magnetic resosnance imaging; Pachymeningitis; Tolosa Hunt syndrome

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC CRANIAL PACHYMENINGITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOLOSA HUNT SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CAVERNOUS SINUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PREDNISONE; TOLOSA-HUNT SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 22944457850     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.08.016     Document Type: Article

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