Basal Ganglia Calcification Karen L. Salzman, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Aging Brain, Normal Neurocysticercosis Less Common Fahr Disease Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury, NOS MELAS Congenital Infections HIV, Congenital CMV, Congenital Endocrinologic Disorders…
Corpus Callosum Splenium Lesion Karen L. Salzman, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI) Multiple Sclerosis Status Epilepticus Drug Toxicity, NOS Less Common Transient Metabolic Derangement Encephalitis (Miscellaneous) Hypoxic-Ischemic…
Abnormal Shape/Configuration of Corpus Callosum Susan I. Blaser, MD, FRCPC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Normal Variant Callosal Dysgenesis Callosotomy Neoplasm Lipoma Glioblastoma Multiforme Lymphoma, Primary CNS Decreased White Matter Volume Hypomyelination…
Thin Corpus Callosum Susan I. Blaser, MD, FRCPC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Normal Variant Immature Brain Encephalomalacia Multiple Sclerosis White Matter Injury of Prematurity Callosal Dysgenesis Callosectomy/Callosotomy Obstructive Hydrocephalus Less Common…
Corpus Callosum Mass Karen L. Salzman, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Glioblastoma Multiforme Lymphoma, Primary CNS Anaplastic Astrocytoma Less Common Oligodendroglioma “Tumefactive” Multiple Sclerosis Gliomatosis Cerebri Lipoma Rare but Important “Tumefactive”…
Corpus Callosum Lesion Without Mass Effect Karen L. Salzman, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Multiple Sclerosis Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI) Less Common PML ADEM Periventricular Leukomalacia Rare but Important Enlarged Perivascular…
Corpus Callosum Holes Karen L. Salzman, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Multiple Sclerosis Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI) Less Common Post-Surgical ADEM Obstructive Hydrocephalus Lacunar Infarction Rare but Important Enlarged Perivascular Spaces…
Confluent White Matter Lesions Gary M. Nesbit, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Aging Brain, Normal Arteriolosclerosis Chronic Hypertensive Encephalopathy Multiple Sclerosis Multi-Infarct Dementia Hypotensive Cerebral Infarction Cerebral Amyloid Disease Less Common…
Solitary White Matter Lesion Gary M. Nesbit, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Enlarged Perivascular Spaces (PVS) Lacunar Infarction Arteriolosclerosis Multiple Sclerosis Metastasis ADEM Reactive Astrocytosis (Gliosis) Glioblastoma Multiforme Less Common Encephalitis…
Focal Cortical Mass James D. Eastwood, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Cerebral Ischemia-Infarction, Acute (Cortical) Metastases, Parenchymal Oligodendroglioma Cerebritis Diffuse Astrocytoma, Low Grade Less Common Venous Infarction Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma Tuberous Sclerosis…
