Unusual location of a shunt tube in the basal subarachnoid space.
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The authors observed flow-void in a shunt tube in the basal cisterns of a 28-year-old man who had previously undergone surgery for a craniopharyngioma. They describe the appearance of a subarachnoid shunt catheter in the basal cisterns to caution against misinterpreting it as an aberrant vessel.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
دوره 14 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1993