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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a benign cystic teratoma in the gluteus region

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to help in the diagnosis of a teratoma in the gluteus maximus region. As far as we know no case of this kind of tumour has been investigated with MRI examination.

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L'imagerie par résonance magnétique (IRM) a été utilisée pour aider au diagnostic d'une tuméfaction palpable au niveau du muscle grand fessier. La biopsie a montré qu'il s'agissait d'un tératome bénin. Nous n'avons pas trouvé de cas identique publié, comportant un examen par IRM.

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  1. Hospital de Laredo, Laredo, Cantabria, Spain

    L. Perez Carro, C. Manuel Palazuelos, J. I. Echevarria Llata, M. Sumillera Garcia & C. Sune Gracia

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Carro, L.P., Palazuelos, C.M., Llata, J.I.E. et al. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a benign cystic teratoma in the gluteus region. International Orthopaedics 17, 245–247 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00194189

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