Prevalence of "dural tail sign" in patients with different intracranial pathologies

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-45

  Rokni Yazdi, Hadi ^a   Sotoudeh, Houman ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dural tail sign; Flare sign; Meningioma; MRI

Indexed keywords

DURAL TAIL SIGNS (DTS); FLARE SIGNS; INTRACRANIAL PATHOLOGIES; MENINGIOMA;

DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGERY; TUMORS;

PATHOLOGY;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DURAL TAIL SIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MENINX; MYCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33748699982     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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