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Giant arachnoid granulation mimicking dural sinus thrombosis in a boy with headache: MRI

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We report MRI and angiographic findings of an unusual giant arachnoid granulation in the left sigmoid sinus in a boy with headache. Its signal intensity was lower than that of cerebral cortex on T1-weighted images and higher on T2 weighting, mimicking dural sinus thrombosis.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 8, Section 3, Ting-Chow Road, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, , , , , , TW

    S. C. Chin, C. Y. Chen, C. C. Lee, F. H. Chen, K. W. Lee & H. S. Hsiao

  2. Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, 34th St. & Civic Center Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA, , , , , , US

    R. A. Zimmerman

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Received: 17 February 1997 Accepted: 17 February 1997

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Chin, S., Chen, C., Lee, C. et al. Giant arachnoid granulation mimicking dural sinus thrombosis in a boy with headache: MRI. Neuroradiology 40, 181–183 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050564

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