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Prolapse of Orbital Fat through the Inferior Orbital Fissure: Description, Prevalence, and Assessment of Possible Pathologic Associations

P.M. Bunch, K. Buch and H.R. Kelly
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2019, 40 (8) 1388-1391; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6113
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aFrom the Department of Radiology (P.M.B.), Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina
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bDepartment of Radiology (K.B., H.R.K.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
cDepartment of Radiology (H.R.K.), Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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