Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 222-225 , May 2010

Congenital maturing immature intraventricular teratoma

  • Liyuan Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Satish Krishnamurthy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Howard Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
    • ,
  • John J. Wasenko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Upstate Medical University, 750 E. Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA

Received 20 June 2008 ,Accepted 20 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.06.037

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 222-225 , May 2010

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