CT and MR imaging of Susac syndrome in a young male presenting with acute disorientation

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-142

  Allmendinger, Andrew M ^a   Spektor, Vadim ^a   Destian, Sylvie ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Corpus callosum; Encephalopathy; Microangiopathy; MRI

Indexed keywords

CORPUS CALLOSUM; CRANIAL NERVES; IMAGING MODALITY; MR IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS; SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS;

AUDITION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISORIENTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FACIAL NERVE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; SUSAC SYNDROME; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN; CONFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; SUSAC SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77049089290     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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