CT and MRI 'ring sign' may be due to demyelination: Diagnostic pitfall

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-311

  Kamel, M H ^a,b   Kelleher, M ^a   O'Riordan, C ^a   Keohane, C ^a   O'Sullivan, M ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b No 2 Ascot House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis; Acute demyelination; Biopsy; Brain abscess; Ring sign

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DEMYELINATING ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATAXIC APHASIA; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SLURRED SPEECH; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN; DEMYELINATING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, CNS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447133033     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690701400064     Document Type: Article

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