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Ten patients with suspected abnormalities or thrombosis of the superior sagittal sinus were studied by high resolution computed tomography using a thin slice technique after bolus injection. In all patients good visualization of the sinus pathology could be achieved, which correlated exactly with the findings in the 7 angiographically controlled cases.
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Nüssel, F., Huber, P. High resolution computed tomography of superior sagittal sinus-thrombosis and-abnormalities. Neuroradiology 31, 307–311 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344172
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