Neurosarcoidosis presentinq as acute infarction on diffusion-weighted MR imaging: Summary of radiologic findings

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-86

  Hodge, M H ^a   Williams, R L ^a   Fukui, Melanie B ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYSARTHRIA; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; PARESTHESIA; SARCOIDOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VASCULITIS; WHITE MATTER; BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; DURA MATER; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPLEGIA; INNERVATION; LEG; MENINX; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DURA MATER; DYSARTHRIA; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; LEG; MENINGES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESTHESIA; SARCOIDOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33846422396     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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