Histologic characteristics of normal perivascular spaces along the optic tract: New pathogenetic mechanism for edema in tumors in the pituitary region

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1218-1222

  Saeki, Naokatsu ^a,c   Nagai, Yuichiro ^a   Matsuura, Iichiro ^a   Uchino, Yoshio ^a   Kubota, Motoo ^a   Murai, Hisayuki ^a   Ishikura, Hiroshi ^a   Ikehira, Hiroo ^b   Yamaura, Akira ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN REGION; CADAVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC TRACT; PERIVASCULAR SPACE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REFERENCE VALUES; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 4143145148     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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