Giant cranial hemangiopericytoma: MR and angiographic findings.
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The authors detail the MR and angiographic findings of a very large hemangiopericytoma in the skull of a 63-year-old woman. Angiography showed a marked tumor blush with early draining veins; MR showed heterogeneously increased T2 signal intensity and enhancement with gadolinium secondary to the richly vascularized tumor.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
دوره 14 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1993