Bilateral optic pathway glioma with intracranial calcification: Magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy findings

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 489-492

  Pungavkar, S A ^a   Lawande, M A ^a   Patkar, D P ^a   Agrawal, N V ^b   Gadani, S ^c  

^a DR BALABHAI NANAVATI HOSPITAL   (India)

^b LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^c Rajasthan Hospitals   (India)

Author keywords

Calcification; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Optic glioma

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; ORBIT TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE;

CALCINOSIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA;

EID: 33644876077     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01442.x     Document Type: Article

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