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The location, signal intensity and contrast enhancement characteristics of the lesions were assessed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Records of 12 patients (seven male and five female; age range 8\u201335 years) were reviewed. A total of 13 lesions were identified: of the 10 patients with supratentorial lesions, nine had a single lesion and one had bilateral hemispheric lesions. Two patients had a single lesion in the ependyma of the 4\n                      <jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>\n                      ventricle. All lesions were iso-hypointense on T1-weighted images, slightly hypointense on T2-weighted images and surrounded by extensive oedema. Ten of the 13 lesions demonstrated a \u2018string-knots sign\u2019, characterized by a tangled string in a knot-like shape on contrast-enhanced MRI.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A string-knots sign enhancement pattern in cortical\u2013subcortical regions should suggest the diagnosis of cerebral sparganosis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/0300060513480925","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,5,16]],"date-time":"2013-05-16T23:08:54Z","timestamp":1368745734000},"page":"867-877","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Magnetic resonance imaging features of pathologically proven cerebral sparganosis"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"41","author":[{"given":"Shuguang","family":"Chu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xingsui","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yin","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neuropathology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gejun","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Feijia","family":"Xv","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Shanghai Tenth People\u2019s Hospital, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chi-Shing","family":"Zee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neuroradiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhenwei","family":"Yao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,5,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-0300060513480925","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1212\/WNL.36.9.1249"},{"key":"bibr2-0300060513480925","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1212\/WNL.0b013e3181c91a15"},{"key":"bibr3-0300060513480925","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1984.60.6.1282"},{"key":"bibr4-0300060513480925","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1699-0463.1997.tb00533.x"},{"key":"bibr5-0300060513480925","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/clinids\/12.5.155"},{"key":"bibr6-0300060513480925","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/jramc-153-03-12"},{"key":"bibr7-0300060513480925","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Jones MC, Agosti MR, D'Agustini M, et\u00a0al. 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