Narrowing of Meckel's cave and cavernous sinus and enlargement of the optic nerve sheath in pseudotumor cerebri

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 308-312

  Degnan, Andrew Joseph ^a,b   Levy, Lucien M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PEMBROKE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cavernous sinus; idiopathic intracranial hypertension; increased intracranial pressure; Meckel's cave; optic nerve sheath; pseudotumor cerebri

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CAVES; EYE PROTECTION; TUMORS;

CAVERNOI SINUS; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MEAN DIAMETER; MECKEL CAVE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE SHEATH; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN REGION; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MECKEL CAVE; NERVE SHEATH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79953824008     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31820d7a70     Document Type: Article

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