Pachymeningeal enhancement—a comprehensive review of literature

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 649-659

  Antony, Joyce ^a,b   Hacking, Craig ^a,c   Jeffree, Rosalind L ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Dural; Enhancement; MRI; Pachymeningeal

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BARORECEPTOR REFLEX FAILURE SYNDROME; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DURA MATER; ENCEPHALITIS; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MENINGITIS; MICROSCOPY; NEUROANATOMY; PACHYMENINGEAL ENHANCEMENT; POSTURAL HEADACHE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX DISORDER; REVIEW; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; SYNDROME; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; MENINX; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DURA MATER; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84941314630     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: 14372320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-015-0646-y     Document Type: Review

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