Diagnosis: Tubercular optochiasmatic arachnoiditis

Iranian Journal of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-102

  Ghosh, A K ^a   Agrawal, Amit ^a   Singhal, S ^a  

^a DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPETITE DISORDER; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MENINGITIS; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PALLOR; PAPILLEDEMA; TUBERCULAR MENINGITIS; TUBERCULAR OPTOCHIASMATIC ARACHNOIDITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77953445416     PISSN: 17351065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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