IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC CRANIAL PACHYMENINGITIS - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
KIOUMEHR F AU A ROOHOLAMINI SA YAGHMAI I VERMA R
Citation
F. Kioumehr et al., IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC CRANIAL PACHYMENINGITIS - A CASE-REPORT, Neuroradiology, 36(4), 1994, pp. 292-294
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging",Neurosciences
Journal title
Neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283940
Volume
36
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
292 - 294
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3940(1994)36:4<292:IHCP-A>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Hypertrophic pachymeningitis is a rare fibrosing inflamatory process i nvolving dura mater and tentorium. In this report we are presenting co ntrast enhanced MRI findings of an unusual case of pachymeningitis whi ch presented with a periorbital mass due to dural sinuses occlusion an d retrograde filling of periorbital veins through superior sagittal si nus.