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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.
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Sato, K., Kodera, T., Kitai, R. et al. Osteochondroma of the skull base: MRI and histological correlation. Neuroradiology 38, 41–43 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00593215
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