Arachnoid granulations of the posterior temporal bone wall: Imaging appearance and differential diagnosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 610-612

  VandeVyver, Vincent ^a,c   Lemmerling, M ^a   De Foer, B ^b   Casselman, J ^b   Verstraete, K ^c  

^a AZ Sint Lucas ^*  (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOID GRANULATION; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BRAIN ARACHNOID; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHORDOMA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EAR TUMOR; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; TEMPORAL BONE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARACHNOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247194053     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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