Author:
Zander D.A.,Sarma A.,Hsu L.
Abstract
When a mass or other lesion involves the sphenoid greater wing, soft tissue can expand circumferentially beyond the cortex. By cross-sectional imaging, this characteristic pattern resembles a hamantaschen, a triangular filled cookie traditionally served during the Jewish holiday of
Purim. Awareness of this “hamantaschen” sign can alert the radiologist to a lesion of the sphenoid greater wing.
Publisher
American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)
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