Sagittal T2 #brain #MRI in a teenager with aqueductal obstru | Figure 1

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Sagittal T2 #brain #MRI in a teenager with aqueductal obstruction from a tectal plate #glioma (blue arrow) shows a large #CSF flow void (white arrows) across a patent third ventriculostomy. #NeuroWednesday

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