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. 2023 Aug 16;14(1):4912.
doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40510-8.

Reply to: The pitfalls of interpreting hyperintense FLAIR signal as lymph outside the human brain

Mehmet Sait Albayram  1 , Garrett Smith  2 , Onder Albayram  3   4
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Reply to: The pitfalls of interpreting hyperintense FLAIR signal as lymph outside the human brain

Mehmet Sait Albayram et al. Nat Commun. .
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Visualization of the diaphragma sella.
A Sagittal FLAIR images show the putative ventral dural lymphatic elements in the diaphragma sella (double arrowhead; (adapted from Figure 4c of Albayram et al., Nat. Commun. 13, 203 (2022)). B Moreover, we can identify a subtle linear pattern, most likely the diaphragma sella (yellow arrowhead) in Ringstad et al. Figure 1c, just under their arrow, as presented below (with contrast adjustment); (adapted from Fig. 1c at Rinstad et al., Nat. Commun. submitted).
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