The 'dural tail sign': Not always a meningioma

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 126-129

  Goli, Raja S ^a   Cockerham, Kimberly ^b   Smirniotopoulos, James G ^c   Zeidman, Seth M ^d   Dow, Nancy S ^d   Bailey, Richard L ^e  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Walter Reed Army Medical Center   (United States)

^e WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dural tail sign; Langerhans' cell histiocytosis; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE LESION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; MENINGIOMA; ORBIT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031894985     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002341-199803000-00009     Document Type: Article

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