Tumor-mimicking primary angiitis of the central nervous system: Initial and follow-up MR features

Neuroradiology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 651-659

  Lee, Youkyung ^a   Kim, Ji Hoon ^a   Kim, Eunhee ^a   Park, Sung Hye ^b   Yim, Yoo Jeong ^a   Sohn, Chul Ho ^a   Chang, Kee Hyun ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiography; MRI scan; Primary central nervous system vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MENINX; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PROTONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349254072     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-009-0546-3     Document Type: Article

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