Restricted diffusion in bilateral optic nerves and retinas as an indicator of venous ischemia caused by cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1815-1816

  Chen, J S ^a   Mukherjee, P ^a   Dillon, W P ^a   Wintermark, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOPHLEBITIS; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PERIORBITAL CELLULITIS; RETINA ISCHEMIA; SINUSITIS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; RETINAL VEIN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33749669945     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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