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Prominent enhancement of the dura mater, the “dural tail” adjacent to a peripherally located mass on gadolinium-enhanced MRI has been described as being characteristic of meningiomas. We present a cerebral glioma showing the classical “dural tail”.
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Gupta, S., Gupta, R.K., Banerjee, D. et al. Problems with the “dural tail” sign. Neuroradiology 35, 541–542 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588718
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588718