Tolosa-Hunt syndrome: MR imaging features in 15 patients with 20 episodes of painful ophthalmoplegia

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 445-453

  Schuknecht, B ^a   Sturm, V ^b   Huisman, T A G M ^a,c   Landau, K ^b  

^a MRI Medical Radiological Institute Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; MR imaging; Painful ophthalmoplegia; Pathology; Tolosa Hunt syndrome

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAVERNOUS SINUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERIES; MR IMAGING; MR-IMAGES; PAINFUL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; SOFT TISSUES; TOLOSA-HUNT SYNDROME;

HEMODYNAMICS;

PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TOLOSA HUNT SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PAIN; TOLOSA-HUNT SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62849122292     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.11.034     Document Type: Article

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