I saw Medusa's head sign and turned to stone
Zoppo, Christopher T Taros, Trenton Singh, Jasmeet Puri, Ajit S Kuhn, Anna Luisa
Zoppo, Christopher T
Taros, Trenton
Singh, Jasmeet
Puri, Ajit S
Kuhn, Anna Luisa
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Christopher Zoppo
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2023-07-04
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Developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) are characterized by many radially oriented medullary veins surrounding a central draining vessel. When the imaging plane is perpendicular to the central vessel, these medullary veins resemble Medusa's head of snakes. Medusa's head sign, or caput medusae, can be appreciated on contrast enhanced CT scans and MRIs of the brain and is highly indicative of a DVA.
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Zoppo CT, Taros T, Singh J, Puri A, Kuhn AL. I saw Medusa's head sign and turned to stone. Clin Imaging. 2023 Jul 4:S0899-7071(23)00160-2. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2023.06.022. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37429744.
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10.1016/j.clinimag.2023.06.022
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