Acute optic nerve infarction demonstrated by diffusion-weighted imaging in a case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 489-490

  Mathur, S ^a   Karimi, A ^a   Mafee, M F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUCORMYCOSIS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INFARCTION; RHINOCEREBRAL MUCORMYCOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLINDNESS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 33947607415     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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