Intracranial extension of orbital inflammatory pseudotumor: a case report and literature review
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Intracranial extension of orbital inflammatory pseudotumor: a case report and literature review.
BACKGROUND Orbital inflammatory pseudotumor is a rare inflammatory condition of unknown cause that may extend intracranially, usually as a dural-based infiltrate. Here we report the first case of orbital pseudotumor presenting with intra-axial Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) changes. CASE PRESENTATION A 57-year-old white female, with a 3-month history of headache and right palpebral edema, p...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Neurology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1471-2377
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-016-0550-2