Intrasellar and suprasellar paraganglioma: CT and MR findings.

نویسندگان

  • E W Flint
  • D Claassen
  • D Pang
  • W L Hirsch
چکیده

We present the CT and MR findings of an intrasellar and suprasellar paraganglioma in a 17-year-old girl. Paragangliomas in this location are rare. The lesion had several imaging features characteristic of paragangliomas including marked enhancement after contrast and multiple vascular flow voids.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology

دوره 14 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1993