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| Id | http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID35210
http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID35210
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| Preferred Name | figure 8 sign of brain |
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Shallow sylvian fissures resulting in a figure-eight appearance of the axial CT images of brain. Characteristic of pachygyria and lissencephaly.
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| Synonyms |
figure-of-eight sign of brain
figure eight sign of brain
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figure 8 sign of brain
figure 8 sign of brain
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| label | figure 8 sign of brain
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| RadLexID | RID35210
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| Source | Can Assoc Radiol J 1989; 40:156-8
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| Definition | Shallow sylvian fissures resulting in a figure-eight appearance of the axial CT images of brain. Characteristic of pachygyria and lissencephaly.
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| Synonym |
figure-of-eight sign of brain
figure eight sign of brain
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| prefixIRI | RID:RID35210
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