Tiff dimensions 0x0 but file is 10.5MB. How to open?

I scanned in a file on a PC (Vista, using Windows Fax and Scan) and am trying to open it on my Mac.
Preview opens it but just shows a question mark, Photoshop says it can't read it. When I open it in Matlab it has data in it but is scrambled.
Get Info... shows a tif file of 10.5 MB, with dimensions of 0x0 an an Alpha channel of 0.
Anyone know where to start with this? I need to get the image as I have no way of scanning it again.
Thanks.

hi dominic.
thanks for the help and the links.
there is something terribly lacking in mac UI with respect to this unless i am missing something. if i do a search in Spotlight i see results and even when i see the file i want to know something about i have to OPEN FINDER which shows a ton of results (including hundreds if not thousands of eml file that i have to call mac and probably pay to find out why they are still showing up when prefs in Spotlight say to not show them...)  and only then can i actively select the file and have it show a file path at the bottom of the finder window.
this is maddening. isn't there an option to show this information in Spotlight or to show this information WHEN THE FILE IS OPEN (apologies for the caps). i mean, if i have a file open, maybe i don't know /where/ it came from for some reason.
for instance, if i am in a hurry and i open the file directly from Spotlight i can edit it and save it but i still have no idea where it resides on my hard drive. similarly if i open a file directly from spotlight and DUPLICATE a file and i want to save it as Version 2 - i have to - - - - well i guess i have to run another search for the file i just opened and am working upon in order to just save the dang file to the same location the original is in?
i mean, the links are showing that i should open Get Info but i think i need to see the file in finder to run this command anyway since i have to right click on the file itself.
maybe i am missing something but can't MAC OS just show me the FILE PATH at the top of the document like it does in Finder and also show me the FILE PATH in Spotlight? seems like the current implementation is like a big game of hopscotch for no good reason except the information is not shown to the (power) user.
maybe i am missing a new feature in ML or in Mavericks or maybe i am using the wrong terms in the original title?
THANK YOU

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