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Intrasellar meningioma: characteristic imaging findings

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Intrasellar meningioma is rare. We present a case in which both angiography and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI suggests the diagnosis.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, 734, Hiroshima, Japan

    H. Satoh, K. Arita, K. Kurisu, M. Sumida, T. Nakahara, K. Eguchi & K. Kuroki

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Satoh, H., Arita, K., Kurisu, K. et al. Intrasellar meningioma: characteristic imaging findings. Neuroradiology 38, 328–329 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00596580

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