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The MRI scan on the next page shows the brain following a surgical removal of a brain tumour. Since the tumour was surgically removed, there is now a cavity. Cerebrospinal fluid has filled up this cavity. Scar tissue can often be seen on the edge of such a cavity. The skull, too, will often bear small reminders of the surgery. It goes without saying that the skull must be opened during the surgery and that it must be closed again after the operation. The bone flap created to open a skull will always remain visible to some extent on CT and MRI scans made later in life.
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Hendrikse, J. (2017). The Post-operative Brain. In: This is Our Brain. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4148-8_39
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