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Research ArticleHead and Neck Imaging

Parapharyngeal Space Venous Malformation: An Imaging Mimic of Pleomorphic Adenoma

C.M. Tomblinson, G.P. Fletcher, T.K. Lidner, C.P. Wood, S.M. Weindling and J.M. Hoxworth
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2019, 40 (1) 150-153; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5859
C.M. Tomblinson
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (C.M.T., G.P.F., J.M.H.)
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G.P. Fletcher
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (C.M.T., G.P.F., J.M.H.)
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T.K. Lidner
bLaboratory Medicine and Pathology (T.K.L.), Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona
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C.P. Wood
cDepartment of Radiology (C.P.W.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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S.M. Weindling
dDepartment of Radiology (S.M.W.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida.
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J.M. Hoxworth
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (C.M.T., G.P.F., J.M.H.)
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C.M. Tomblinson, G.P. Fletcher, T.K. Lidner, C.P. Wood, S.M. Weindling, J.M. Hoxworth
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2019, 40 (1) 150-153; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5859

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