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Dural Tail Sign

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duraltail-sign

The dural tail sign is seen on contrast material–enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) images as a thickening of the enhanced dura mater that resembles a tail extending from a mass.

It represent meningioma.

Coronal T1W spin-echo MRI of the brain with intravenous gadolinium enhancement shows dural tail (arrow) attached to a typical meningioma (arrowhead).

Coronal T1W spin-echo MRI of the brain with intravenous gadolinium enhancement shows dural tail (arrow) attached to a typical meningioma (arrowhead).

 

Sagittal T1W spin-echo MRI (415/20) of the upper thoracic spine demonstrates substantial dural tail (arrow) associated with spinal meningioma (arrowhead).

Sagittal T1W spin-echo MRI (415/20) of the upper thoracic spine demonstrates substantial dural tail (arrow) associated with spinal meningioma (arrowhead).

 

Reference: Rediology picture of the day l Radiology

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December 2, 2008 at 7:50 am

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