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. 2020 Jul-Aug;23(4):551-552.
doi: 10.4103/aian.AIAN_332_19. Epub 2019 Sep 17.

"Pool sign" in Cerebral Metastatic Adenocarcinoma

Ajith Cherian  1 , K P Divya  1 , Pranab K Prabhakaran  2 , Jithu Jose  1 , Poornima Narayanan  1 , Bejoy Thomas  3
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"Pool sign" in Cerebral Metastatic Adenocarcinoma

Ajith Cherian et al. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2020 Jul-Aug.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
The pool sign-T2 coronal (a) and axial (b) MR images showing hyperintensities encircling the lesion (arrows) brighter than the surrounding edema, T1 post contrast image (c) showing peripheral enhancement. The lesion shows restriced diffusion in DWI (d) and ADC (e) images. CT chest (f) with the left solitary lung lesion (arrow) histopathologically proven as adenocarcinoma
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