Diane Armao, M.D.
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| Research Instructor |
| Phone: (919) 966-8544 |
| Fax: (919) 966- |
| Email: armaodiane@yahoo.com |
Education
| Medical School: | Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia PA |
| Residency: | University of New Mexico; Albuquerque, NM |
| Fellowship: | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Publication History to Note:
1. Osher RH, Abrams GW, Yarian D, Armao D. Varix of the vortex ampulla. Am J Ophthalmol 1981; 92:653-660.
2. Armao D, Kornfield M, Estrada EY, Grosseteta M, Rosenberg GA. Neutral proteases and the disruption of the blood- brain barrier in rat. Brain Res 1997;
767:259-264.
3. Naqvi SZ, Beach RL, Armao DM, Greenwood RS. Photoparoxysmal response in late infantile neuronal ceriod-lipofuscinosis. Pediatr Neurol 1998;
19:395-398.
4. Arbelaez A, Castillo M, Armao DM. Meningioma presenting as an acute subdural hematoma. Emergency Radiology 1999; 6:149-152.
5. Arbelaez A, Castillo M, Armao DM. Imaging features of intraventricular melanoma. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1999; 20:691-693.
6. Castillo M, Smith MM, Armao D. Midline spinal cord hamartomas: MR imaging features of two patients. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1999; 20:1169-1171.
7. Arbelaez A, Castillo M, Armao D. Hemangioblastoma of the filum terminale: MR imaging . AJR Am J Roentgenol 1999; 173:857-858.
8. Arbelaez A, Castillo M, Williams L, Armao DM. Vertebral hemangioendothelial sarcoma: MR findings.J Comput Assist Tomogr 1999; 23:981-983.
9. Weaver KD, Armao D, Wiley JM, Ewend MG. Histiocytic lesion mimicking intrinsic brainstem neoplasm. Case report. J Neurosurg 1999; 91:1037-1040.
10. Datar S, Pantanakar T, Armao D, Mukherji SK. Papillary carcinoma in a giant thyroglossal duct cyst. Clin Imaging 2000; 24:75-77.
11. Patanakar T, Armao D, Mukherji SK. Nasal chondroma. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2000; 174:1166
12. Patanakar T, Prasad S, Armao D, Mukherji SK. Tuberculous abscesses of the liver. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2000; 174:1166-1167.
13. Pantanakar T, Prasad S, Mukherji SK, Armao D. Cystic variant of chloroid plexus papilloma. Clin Imaging 2000; 24:130-131.
14. Patwardhan V, Patanakar T , Patkar D, Armao D, Mukherji SK. MR imaging findings of intramedullary lipomas. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2000;
174:1792-1793.
15. Patankar T, Krishnan A, Patkar D, Mukherji SK. Diastematomyelia and epidermoid cyst in the hemicord. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2000; 174:1793-1794.
16. Armao DM, Stone J, Castillo M ,Mitchell KM, Bouldin TW, Suzuki K. Diffuse leptomeningeal oligodendrogliomatosis: radiologic/ pathologic correlation. AJNR
Am J Neuroradiol 2000; 21:1122-1126.
17. Mukherji SK, Wagle A, Armao DM, Dogra S. Brachial plexus nerve block with CT- guidence for regional pain management: initial results. Radiology 2000;
216:886-890.
18. Armao D, Castillo M, Chen H, Kwock L. Colloid cyst of the third ventricle: imaging– pathologic correlation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2000; 21:1470-1477.
19. Suzuki K, Armao D, Stone JA, Mukherji SK. Demyelinating diseases, leukodystrophies and other myelin disorders. Neuroimaging Clin N Am 2001; 11:15-35.
20. Mukherji SK, Isaacs DL, Creager A, Shockley W, Weissler M, Armao D. CT detection of mandibular invasion by squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2001; 177:237-243.
21. Bader TR, Semelka RC, Chiu VC, Armao DM, Woosley JT.MRI of carcinoid tumors : spectrum of appearances in the gastrointestinal tract and liver. J Magn Reson Imaging 2001; 14:261-269.
22. Mukherji SK, Armao DM, Joshi VM. Cervical nodal metastases in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: what to expect. Head Neck 2001; 23:995-1005.
23. Bader TR, Semelka RC, Pedro MS, Armao DM, Brown MA, Molina PL.Magnetic resonance imaging of pulmonary parenchymal disease using a modified breath-hold 3D gradient-echo technique: initial observations. J Magn Reson Imaging 2002; 15:31-38.
24. Zimina OG, Rezun S, Armao D, Braga L, Semelka RC. Renal malacoplakia. Demonstration by MR imaging. Magn Reson Imaging 2002; 20:611-614.
25. Danet IM, Semelka RC, Nagase LL, Woosley JT, Leanardou P, Armao D. Liver Metastasis from Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: MR Imaging Characteristics. J
Magn Reson Imaging 2003; 18:181-188.
26. Mosetti MA, Leanardau P, Motahara T, Kanematsu M, Armao D, Semelka RC. Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: MR Imaging Evaluation
Using Current Techniques. J Magn Reson Imaging 2003, 18:210-215.
27. Londano A, Castillo M, Armao D, Kwock L, Suzuki K. Unusual MR Spectroscopic Imaging Pattern of an Astrocytoma: Lack of Elevated Choline and High
Myo- Inositol and Glycine Levels. Am J Neuroradiol 2003; 24:942-945.
28. Kanematsu M, Semelka R, Leonardo P, Mastropasqua M, Armao D, Vaidean G, Firat Z, Woosley J. Angiogenesis in Hepatocellular Nodules: Correlation of
MR Imaging and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2004; 20:426-434.
29. Matheus MG. Castillo M. Smith JK.Armao D. MRI findings in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis types I and II and mild clinical presentation.
Neuroradiology. 46(8):666-72, 2004 Aug.
30. Birchard K. Armao D. Firat Z. Semelka R. Suspected Pancreatic Cancer :Evaluation by Dynamic Gadolinium Enhanced 3D Gradient Echo MRI. AJR 2005;
185(3):700-703
31. Scatliff JH, Hayward R, Armao D, Kwon L. Pre- and Post-operative hydromyelia in spinal dysraphism. Pediatr Radiol 2005; 35:282-289.
32. Psatha E, Semelka R, Armao D, Woosley J, Firat Z, Schneider G. Hepatocellular Adenomas in Men; MRI Findings in Four Patients. J. Magn. Reson Imaging,
2005; 22(2):258-264.
33. Armao D, Guyon JP, Firat Z, Brown M, Semelka R. Accurate Quantification of Visceral Adipose Tissue (VAT) using Water Saturation MRI and Computer
Segmentation: Preliminary Results. J. Magn. Reson Imagin,. 2006; 23(5):736-41.
34. Semelka RC. Armao DM. Elias J Jr. Huda W. Imaging strategies to reduce the risk of radiation in CT studies, including selective substitution with MRI.
J.Magn.Reson.Imagin. 2007; 25(5):900-9,
35. Elias J Jr. Semelka RC. Altun E. Voultsinos V. Armao D. Rubinas T. Pancraetic cancer: correlation of MR findings, clinical features and tumor grade. J Magn
Reson Imag. 26(6): 1556-63, 2007 Dec.
36. Karen Fritchie, Leigh Thorne, Diane Armao, Thomas Marino, Michael Tennison, Cynthia Powell, Jaana Tyynela and Kinuko Suzuki. Novel Mutation and the First Prenatal Screening of Cathepsin D Deficiency (CLN10) Accepted for publication, Sept.2008; Acta Neuropathologica.
37. Silva Markovic-Plese, Monica Montes, Xin Zhang, Laureline Bertholet, David-Axel Laplaud; Sophie Brouard; Jianping Jin; Sarah Rogan; Diane Armao,Valerie Jewells; Jean-Paul Soulillou. Oligoclonal Myelin-reactive T-cell Infiltrates Derived from Multiple Sclerosis Lesions are Enriched in Th17 Cells. Accepted for publication, Sept 2008; Clinical Immunology
38. Shyamal D. Peddada, Shannon K. Laughlin, Kelly Miner, Jean-Philippe Guyon, Karen Haneke, Heather L. Vahdat, Richard C. Semelka, Ania Kowalik,
Diane Armao, Barbara Davis, Donna Day Baird. Growth of Uterine Leiomyomata among Pre- menopausal Black and White Women. Accepted for
publication, Oct 2008. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Textbooks:
Montes M, Armao D, Jewells V, Smrtka J, Kondo T, Markovic- Plese S: Gene and Protein Array Analysis of T-Cell Infiltrates from Acute and Chronic Multiple Sclerosis Lesions In: Current Topics In Neuroimmunology, Eds. Tabira,Yamamura, Medimond, 59-64, 2006.
Armao D.Medical iIllustrations and pathologic correlations in Abdominal- Pelvic MRI. Semelka RC. Wiley- Liss, New York, 2002.
Armao D Medical iIllustrations and pathologic correlations in Abdominal- Pelvic MRI. Semelka RC. Wiley- Liss, New York, 2006.
Department of Radiology - (UNC School of Medicine)
