Suprasellar Cystic Mass Anne G. Osborn, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Enlarged Third Ventricle Obstructive Hydrocephalus Aqueductal Stenosis Arachnoid Cyst Craniopharyngioma Neurocysticercosis (NCC) Less Common Rathke Cleft Cyst Dermoid Cyst…
T1 Hyperintense Suprasellar Mass Anne G. Osborn, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pituitary Macroadenoma Craniopharyngioma Less Common Saccular Aneurysm (Thrombosed) Rathke Cleft Cyst Ectopic Neurohypophysis Lipoma Dermoid Cyst Rare but…
T1 Isointense Suprasellar Mass Anne G. Osborn, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pituitary Macroadenoma Pituitary Hyperplasia Meningioma Pilocytic Astrocytoma Diffuse Astrocytoma, Low Grade Less Common Rathke Cleft Cyst Germinoma Neurosarcoid…
Absent/Thin Infundibular Stalk Anne G. Osborn, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Less Common Pituitary Stalk Transection, Post-Traumatic Pituitary Stalk Transection, Post-Surgical Pituitary Stalk Anomalies Septo-Optic Dysplasia (SOD) Holoprosencephaly Rare but Important…
Hyperdense Suprasellar Mass Anne G. Osborn, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pituitary Macroadenoma Aneurysm Saccular Aneurysm Fusiform Aneurysm, ASVD Meningioma Less Common Craniopharyngioma Rathke Cleft Cyst Germinoma Neurosarcoid Rare but…
Thick Infundibular Stalk Anne G. Osborn, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Neurosarcoid Germinoma Less Common Meningitis Histiocytosis Lymphocytic Hypophysitis Rare but Important Metastasis (to Stalk/Pituitary) Ectopic Neurohypophysis Pituicytoma Lymphoma, Primary…
Enhancing Suprasellar Mass Anne G. Osborn, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pituitary Macroadenoma Meningioma Saccular Aneurysm Craniopharyngioma Pilocytic Astrocytoma Less Common Diffuse Astrocytoma, Low Grade Neurosarcoid Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Germinoma…
Calcified Suprasellar Mass Anne G. Osborn, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Atherosclerosis, Intracranial Craniopharyngioma Meningioma Aneurysm Saccular Aneurysm Fusiform Aneurysm, ASVD Less Common Neurocysticercosis Pilocytic Astrocytoma Dermoid Cyst Rare but…
Cystic Intrasellar Mass Anne G. Osborn, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Empty Sella (ES) Intracranial Hypertension, Idiopathic Less Common Obstructive Hydrocephalus Rathke Cleft Cyst Craniopharyngioma Arachnoid Cyst (AC) Epidermoid Cyst…
Cerebellar Mass Gregory L. Katzman, MD, MBA DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Cerebral Ischemia-Infarction, Acute Hypertensive Intracranial Hemorrhage Neoplasms Medulloblastoma (PNET-MB) Pilocytic Astrocytoma Hemangioblastoma Metastases, Parenchymal Less Common Enlarged Perivascular Spaces “Tumefactive”…
