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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES)
Characteristic imaging pattern in PRES is the presence of edema involving the white matter of the posterior portions of both cerebral hemispheres, especially the parieto-occipital regions, in a relatively symmetric pattern that spares the calcarine a...
Sturge Weber Syndrome With Arachnoid Cyst-CT
Sturge-Weber syndrome is one of the neurocutaneous syndromes. It is a rare, nonfamiliar disease that is characterized by facial port-wine stain, leptomeningeal angiomatosis, choroidal angioma, buphthalmos, intracranial calcification, cerebral atrophy...
SSPE-MRI
This is a six year old boy with history of measles and neurological complaints. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a progressive, slow virus infection of the brain, caused by the measles virus, attacking children and young adults. In the e...
OPTIC CHIASMATIC GLIOMA
Optic nerve glioma (also known as optic pathway glioma) is the most common primary neoplasm of the optic nerve. In 66% of NF-1 patients with optic nerve glioma, the growth involves the intraorbital optic nerve. In the absence of NF-1, the optic chias...
Intraventricular Epidermoid-MRI
INTRAVENTRICULAR EPIDERMOID-MRIEpidermoids represent 0.2-1% of all intracranial masses. They arise from inclusion of epithelial remnants trapped during 3-5 weeks of fetal life (remember that choroid plexus are also formed from invagination of ectoder...
Dorsal dermal Sinus with Intramedullary Abscess Formation--MRI
Dorsal dermal sinus, a congenital abnormality associated with spinal dysraphism, can serve as a path for spread of infection inside the spinal thecal sac with its sequelae. Intramedullary abscess formation is an uncommon complication and very few hav...
Suspected Artery of Percheron Infarct-Rare Case Report
Thalami and midbrain arterial supply arises from many perforating blood vessels with a complex distribution for which many variations have been described. One rare variation, named the “artery of Percheron,” is a solitary arterial trunk that aris...
Caroticocavernous Fistula-MRI
The caroticocavernous fistula is a specific type of dural arteriovenous fistula characterized by abnormal arteriovenous shunting within the cavernous sinus. A caroticocavernous fistula results in high-pressure arterial blood entering the low-pressure...
Giant Arachnoid granulation
In the differential diagnosis of masses within the dural sinus it is important to consider dural sinus thrombosis which is potentially dangerous and needs immediate management. Thrombosis usually involves an entire segment of a sinus or multiple sinu...
Ecchordosis Physaliphora-MRI & CT
Ecchordosis physaliphora is a rare congenital, benign, hamartomatous, retroclival mass derived from notochordal tissue that is typically located intradurally in the prepontine cistern. Ecchordosis physaliphora is usually asymptomatic. In rare cases, ...
Lipomyelomeningocele-MRI
Note the low lying tethered cord along with dysraphic posterior elements. Along with neural placode in relation to lipomatous tissue. From Sumer's Radiology Site http://www.sumerdoc.blogspot.com -The Top Radiology Magazine. Teleradiology Providers a...
Cervical Dermal Sinus-MRI
Congenital dermal sinuses are epithelium-lined tracts that extend from an opening in the skin through deeper tissues. Most dorsal congenital dermal sinuses are located in the lumbosacral area; a cervical location is unusual. This is a 13 year old gir...
Spinal metastatic disease-MRI
Primary sources for spinal metastatic disease include the following: Lung (31%), Breast (24%), GI (9%), Prostate (8%), Lymphoma (6%), Melanoma (4%), Unknown (2%), Kidney (1%), Others including multiple myeloma (13%). Time relation between primary and...
Multiple Sclerosis-MRI
Multiple discrete variable sized ovoid perpendicularly directed T2W and FLAIR hyperintense lesions (plaques), appearing iso-hypointense on T1W images and hyperintense on T2W images involving bilateral periventricular and subcortical white matter regi...
Chiari I malformation-MRI
There is evidence of tonsillar herniation below the level of foramen magnum with obliterated cisterna magna, which is consistent with Chiari I malformation. There is minimal cranial migration of the odontoid process and minimal increase in the altant...
Spontaneous rupture of arachnoid cyst into subdural space
I was asked for opinion when i was just walking by the OPD of hospital, couldn't resist clicking the image with my mobile phone. Hence the poor quality of image but the finding is well seen. Arachnoid cysts are known to present as spontaneous subdura...
Brain Abscess-MRI
This is a case of brain abscess on MRI note the rim enhancement and diffusion restriction on DWI. Case was confirmed surgically. Dr.Sumer K Sethi, MDSr Consultant Radiologist ,VIMHANS and CEO-Teleradiology ProvidersEditor-in-chief, The Internet Journ...
Marchiafava Bingami Disease
In 1903 Marchiafava and Bignami, 2 Italian pathologists, described 3 men with alcoholism who died after having seizures and coma. In each patient, the middle two thirds of the corpus callosum were severely necrotic. Most patients are men with alcohol...
