Rheumatoid Meningitis: Exploring the Broad Differential of Leptomeningeal and Pachymeningeal Enhancement on Brain MRI
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Phoebe Ann and Omid Jafari Pachymeningeal leptomeningeal enhancement on contrast-enhanced brain MRI come with broad differentials, including granulomatous disease of infectious or non-infectious etiology, carcinomatosis, autoimmune disorders such as vasculitis, giant cell arteritis, IgG-4 related disease.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of medical imaging and case reports
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2578-2045']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17756/micr.2022-080