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MRI detection of ruptured malignant teratoma in the third ventricle

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We describe a case in which CT and MRI showed evidence of intraventricular fat, which proved to have come from a ruptured malignant teratoma.

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Kadota, Y., Ito, M., Wachi, A. et al. MRI detection of ruptured malignant teratoma in the third ventricle. Neuroradiology 35, 254–255 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00602605

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