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Diffusion Analysis of Intracranial Epidermoid, Head and Neck Epidermal Inclusion Cyst, and Temporal Bone Cholesteatoma

Fabrício Guimarães Gonçalves, Amirreza Manteghinejad, Zekordavar Rimba, Dmitry Khrichenko, Angela N. Viaene and Arastoo Vossough
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2024, 45 (11) 1777-1783; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8376
Fabrício Guimarães Gonçalves
aFrom the Department of Radiology (F.G.G.), Children’s of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
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Amirreza Manteghinejad
bDepartment of Radiology (A.M., Z.R., D.K., A.V.), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Zekordavar Rimba
bDepartment of Radiology (A.M., Z.R., D.K., A.V.), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Dmitry Khrichenko
bDepartment of Radiology (A.M., Z.R., D.K., A.V.), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Angela N. Viaene
cDivision of Anatomic Pathology (A.N.V.), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Arastoo Vossough
bDepartment of Radiology (A.M., Z.R., D.K., A.V.), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
dPerelman School of Medicine (A.V.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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