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Research ArticleHead and Neck Imaging

Protuberant Fibro-Osseous Lesion of the Temporal Bone: “Bullough Bump”—Multimodality Imaging Case Series and Literature Review

N. Shekhrajka, D.R. Shatzkes, K.E. Dean, M.C. Smithgall and G. Moonis
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2021, 42 (11) 2023-2029; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7298
N. Shekhrajka
aFrom the Department of Radiology (N.S.), Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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D.R. Shatzkes
bDepartment of Radiology (D.R.S.), Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York
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K.E. Dean
cDepartment of Radiology (K.E.D.), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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M.C. Smithgall
dDepartment of Pathology (M.C.S.), Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
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G. Moonis
eDepartment of Radiology (G.M.), Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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