“Comet tail sign”: A pitfall of post-gadolinium magnetic resonance imaging findings for metastatic b...
“Comet tail sign”: A pitfall of post-gadolinium magnetic resonance imaging findings for metastatic brain tumors
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New York: Springer US
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English
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A highly enhanced cap attached to the surface of metastatic tumors in the brain parenchyma is occasionally encountered on magnetic resonance (MR) images. This atypical enhanced cap tends to occur in severe peritumoral edema and may produce the characteristic bulge of a metastatic mass lesion termed the “comet tail sign” (CTS). The purpose of this s...
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“Comet tail sign”: A pitfall of post-gadolinium magnetic resonance imaging findings for metastatic brain tumors
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4835516
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4835516
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0167-594X
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1573-7373
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10.1007/s11060-016-2069-1
