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The enhancing septal/alveal wedge: A septal sign of intraaxial mass

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Wedge-like thickening and enhancement of the septum pellucidum or alveus of hippocampus nearly always signifies direct invasion of the septum (or alveus) by an intraaxial mass. Benign, extraaxial juxtaseptal masses rarely exhibit such change.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    E. J. Russell

  2. Department of Radiology, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    E. J. Russell

  3. The Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    T. P. Naidich

  4. Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    T. P. Naidich

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Russell, E.J., Naidich, T.P. The enhancing septal/alveal wedge: A septal sign of intraaxial mass. Neuroradiology 23, 33–40 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00399703

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