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‘Fortune cookie sign’: a variant of mushroom cap sign on T2 weighted MRI for deep sigmoid endometriosis

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  1. Radiology Department, Clinica Davila, Avenida Recoleta 464, Zip code 8431657, Santiago, Recoleta, Chile

    Cristian Varela

  2. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd, St Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    Maria Zulfiqar

  3. Abdominal Section, Radiology Department, Facultad de Medicina Clinica Alemana de Santiago, Universidad del Desarrollo, Avenida Vitacura 5951, Santiago, Vitacura, Chile

    Giancarlo Schiappacasse

  4. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Hospital, 5777 East Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ, 85054, USA

    Christine O. Menias

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Varela, C., Zulfiqar, M., Schiappacasse, G. et al. ‘Fortune cookie sign’: a variant of mushroom cap sign on T2 weighted MRI for deep sigmoid endometriosis. Abdom Radiol 46, 1272–1275 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-020-02735-9

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