Categorization and characterization of lesions of the orbital apex

Neuroradiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-107

  Vohra, Saifuddin T ^a   Escott, Edward J ^a   Stevens, Dale ^a   Branstetter, Barton F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ophthalmoplegia; Optic canal; Orbit; Orbital apex; Orbital apex syndrome

Indexed keywords

BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER INVASION; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HEMATOMA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MENINGIOMA; MUCOCELE; NEURILEMOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; OPTIC NEURITIS; ORBIT DISEASE; ORBIT METASTASIS; ORBIT PSEUDOTUMOR; ORBIT VARIX; ORBITAL LYMPHOMA; PAGET BONE DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOIDOSIS; SINO ORBITAL BACTERIAL INFECTION; SINO ORBITAL FUNGAL INFECTION; SUBPERIOSTEAL HEMATOMA; TOLOSA HUNT SYNDROME; VENOLYMPHATIC MALFORMATION;

CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79953829809     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0712-7     Document Type: Review

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