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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, Chapel Hill, NC

 

Publications

 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.