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Clinical Imaging of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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This is a review of imaging techniques used to evaluate cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) and imaging findings associated with CCMs. This chapter includes discussion of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging sequences, appearance of CCMs and associated hemorrhage and key features to evaluate on imaging studies.

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Mabray, M., Hart, B. (2020). Clinical Imaging of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. In: Trabalzini, L., Finetti, F., Retta, S. (eds) Cerebral Cavernous Malformations (CCM) . Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2152. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0640-7_7

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