title: Power of the metaphor: forty signs on brain imaging.
abstract: We retrospectively reviewed neuroradiology database at our tertiary-care hospital to search for patients with metaphoric or descriptive signs on brain computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. Only patients who had clinical or pathological definitive diagnosis were included in this review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sihhiye, Ankara, 06100, Turkey.
authors.forename: Rahsan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gocmen
authors.forename: Ezgi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guler
authors.forename: Ilgaz Cagatay
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Kose
authors.forename: Kader K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Oguz
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D019365:Metaphor; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D009626:Terminology as Topic
keywords: Brain; computed tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; signs