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. 2019 Jan;9(1):51.
doi: 10.1177/1941874418764572. Epub 2018 Mar 21.

Giant Intracranial Aneurysm Mimicking Brain Tumor

Naderafshar Fereydonyan  1 , Sadra Rohani  1 , Morteza Taheri  1 , Mohammad Rohani  2
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Giant Intracranial Aneurysm Mimicking Brain Tumor

Naderafshar Fereydonyan et al. Neurohospitalist. 2019 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: angiography; brain imaging; giant aneurysm; intracranial aneurysm; tumor.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
A, Axial brain CT scan showing a large mass in the right frontotemporal area with surrounding edema and calcified wall (red arrows). B, Axial T2-weighted MRI shows a large heterogenous lesion (red arrows) with mixed signals and flow void (white star). C, The CT angiogram (axial view) shows the aneurysm in the right MCA bifurcation (red arrow). D, Angiogram shows aneurysm (white arrow). CT indicates computed tomography, MCA, middle cerebral artery; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.
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