Large arachnoid granulations involving the dorsal superior sagittal sinus: Findings on MR imaging and MR venography

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1335-1339

  Leach, James L ^a,b,c   Meyer, K ^a   Jones, B V ^a,b   Tomsick, T A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARACHNOID; BONE REMODELING; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL VEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; SKULL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

EID: 49749117094     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1093     Document Type: Article

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