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Non-neoplastic gliotic cerebellar cysts: Clinical and computed tomographic correlations

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The clinical and CT findings in 3 patients with non-neoplastic gliotic cerebellar cyst are described. CT does not permit accurate preoperative differentiation of these lesions from neoplastic disorders.

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  1. Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    L. A. Weisberg

  2. Tulane Department of Neurology, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    L. A. Weisberg

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Weisberg, L.A. Non-neoplastic gliotic cerebellar cysts: Clinical and computed tomographic correlations. Neuroradiology 24, 53–57 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344585

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