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. 2012 Aug;33(7):E110-1.
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A3236. Epub 2012 Jun 21.

Intracranial syphilitic gumma mimicking a brain stem glioma

N Ventura, R Cannelas, B Bizzo, E L Gasparetto
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Intracranial syphilitic gumma mimicking a brain stem glioma

N Ventura et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2012 Aug.
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Fig 1.
Fig 1.
MR imaging revealed a pontine lesion occupying almost the entire pons, isointense to gray matter on sagittal T1WI (A), hyperintense on coronal T2WI (B) and axial FLAIR (C), without contrast enhancement on axial T1WI post-gadolinium (D).
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