Osteochondroma of the skull base: MRI and histological correlation.
A skull base osteochondroma (benign exostosis) in a 38-year-old man is reported. MRI was not only very useful for determining the extent of the tumour, but also showed its fat content and, on contrast-enhanced fat-suppressed images, its vascularity.
Sato
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Department of Neurosurgery, Fukui Medical School, Japan.
Kodera
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Kitai
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Kubota
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D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002356:Cartilage / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012886:Skull / Q000473:pathology; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery