Diffuse pachymeningeal enhancement and subdural and subarachnoid space opacification on delayed postcontrast fluid-attenuated inversion recovery imaging in spontaneous intracranial hypotension: Visualizing the monro-kellie hypothesis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  George, U ^a   Rathore, S ^a   Pandian, J D ^a   Singh, Y ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; BED REST; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTURAL HEADACHE; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; VOMITING; XANTHOCHROMIA;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DURA MATER; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 78651499349     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2262     Document Type: Letter

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