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. 2021 Jan;17(1):137-139.
doi: 10.3988/jcn.2021.17.1.137.

Headache, Bilateral Carotid Stenosis, and Hypoglossal Palsy Revealing Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: An Innovative Application of Vessel-Wall MRI

Pasquale Scoppettuolo  1 , Noémie Ligot  2 , Myriam Remmelink  3 , Isabelle Delpierre  4 , Serge Goldman  5 , Gilles Naeije  2 , Frédéric Vandergheynst  6
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Headache, Bilateral Carotid Stenosis, and Hypoglossal Palsy Revealing Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: An Innovative Application of Vessel-Wall MRI

Pasquale Scoppettuolo et al. J Clin Neurol. 2021 Jan.
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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. A: Magnetic resonance angiography showing bilateral superior cervical stenosis and initial petrous-segment stenosis (blue panels). B: Temporal lobe leptomeningitis in contrast-enhanced sequences (blue arrow). C and D: 3D T1-weighted turbo spin echo with variable-angle sequence confirms an infiltrating posterior parapharyngeal infiltrative process in the upper cervical perivascular space encasing the carotids (coronal-panels-and transverse views-panels and arrows).
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