Idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis and dural sinus occlusion: two patients with long-term follow up

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 937-942

  Bhatia, R ^a   Tripathi, M ^a   Srivastava, A ^a   Garg, A ^a   Singh, M B ^a   Nanda, A ^a   Padma, M V ^a   Prasad, K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral venous thrombosis; Idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis; Pachymeningitis; Sinus thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL SINUS; CRANIAL SINUS OCCLUSION; DIPLOPIA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DURA MATER; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC CRANIAL PACHYMENINGITIS; LABORATORY; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PARAMENINGEAL DISORDER; PARESTHESIA; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELAPSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIAL SINUSES; DURA MATER; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349251612     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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