Dural tail sign (mnemonic)
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Citation:
Kang O, Bell D, Gaillard F, Dural tail sign (mnemonic). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 14 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-66043
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66043
Article created:
3 Feb 2019,
Owen Kang
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At the time the article was created Owen Kang had no recorded disclosures.
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At the time the article was last revised Daniel J Bell had no recorded disclosures.
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Synonyms:
- My Scary Dog Likes To Stand Guard (mnemonic)
A useful mnemonic to remember differential diagnoses associated with a dural tail sign is:
- My Scary Dog Likes To Stand Guard
Mnemonic
- M: meningioma
- S: sarcoidosis
- D: dural metastases
- L: lymphoma
- T: tuberculoma
- S: schwannoma
- G: glioma
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Cases:
- Posterior fossa meningioma
- Meningiomas - cerebellopontine angle and frontal
- Planum sphenoidale meningioma
- Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma
- Meningioma - posterior cranial fossa
- Frontal and cerebellopontine angle meningiomas
- Meningothelial meningioma
- Angiomatous meningioma
- En plaque meningioma with associated CPA / frontal convexity meningiomas
- Cerebral metastases from lung cancer with amyloid angiopathy and cerebellopontine angle meningioma
- Meningioma - cerebellopontine angle
- Meningioma-tuberculum sellae
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