Pathologic significance of the "dural tail sign"

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-16

  Rokni Yazdi, Hadi ^a   Azmoudeh Ardalan, Farid ^a   Asadzandi, Zahra ^a   Sotoudeh, Houman ^a   Shakiba, Madjid ^a   Adibi, Ali ^b   Ayatollahi, Hossein ^c   Rahmani, Maryam ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dura matter; Histopathology; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DURA MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAVASCULAR; MENINGIOMAS; PITUITARY ADENOMAS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

TUMORS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CANCER INVASION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63649127812     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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