Novel neuroimaging findings in a patient with cerebral Whipple's disease: A magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography study

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 372-376

  Galldiks, N ^a   Burghaus, L ^a   Vollmar, S ^a   Cizek, J ^a   Impekoven, P ^a   Thomas, A ^a   Jacobs, A H ^a   Herholz, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

11C methionine uptake; Cerebral Whipple's disease; Constipated edema; Multilayered MRI lesion; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; METHIONINE C 11;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL WHIPPLE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 4944264994     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228404267994     Document Type: Article

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