Fourth Ventricle Mass Karen L. Salzman, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Medulloblastoma (PNET-MB) Ependymoma Pilocytic Astrocytoma Brainstem Glioma, Pediatric Less Common Subependymoma Choroid Plexus Papilloma Neurocysticercosis Epidermoid Cyst Hemangioblastoma Metastasis, Intraventricular…
Lateral Ventricle Mass Karen L. Salzman, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Choroid Plexus Cyst Intraventricular Hemorrhage Neurocysticercosis Less Common Choroid Plexus Papilloma Meningioma Metastasis, Intraventricular Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma (SGCA) Central…
Foramen of Monro Mass Karen L. Salzman, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common CSF Flow Artifact Cavum Septi Pellucidi (CSP) Colloid Cyst Less Common Neurocysticercosis Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (Subependymal Nodule) Subependymal Giant…
Ventricles, Normal Variants Susan I. Blaser, MD, FRCPC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Asymmetric Lateral Ventricles (ALV) Intraventricular CSF Pulsation Artifact (Flow-Related) Cavum Septi Pellucidi (CSP) ± Cavum Vergae Coarctation of Anterior…
Thick Septum Pellucidum Karen L. Salzman, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Cavum Septi Pellucidi (CSP) Astrocytoma Less Common Lymphoma, Primary CNS Germinoma Metastasis, Intraventricular Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Rare but Important Alexander…
Choroid Plexus Lesions Karen L. Salzman, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Choroid Plexus Cyst Enlarged Choroid Plexus Less Common Choroid Plexus Papilloma Meningioma Metastasis, Intraventricular Ventriculitis/Plexitis Sturge-Weber Syndrome Neurofibromatosis Type 2…
Dural Tail Sign Miral D. Jhaveri, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Meningioma Metastases, Meningeal Less Common Neurosarcoid Lymphoma, Metastatic, Intracranial Tuberculosis Rare but Important Histiocytosis Meningioma, Atypical and Malignant Erdheim-Chester Disease…
Pial Enhancement Yoshimi Anzai, MD, MPH Judy Tan, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Meningitis Metastases, Meningeal Cerebral Infarction, Subacute Neurosarcoid Less Common Vasculitis Glioblastoma Multiforme Sturge-Weber Syndrome Moyamoya Rare but Important…
Dural-based Masses, Multiple Miral D. Jhaveri, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Meningioma (Multiple Meningiomatosis) Metastases, Meningeal Subdural Hematomas, Chronic Less Common Neurosarcoid Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Lymphoma, Metastatic, Intracranial Rare but Important…
Macrocephaly Susan I. Blaser, MD, FRCPC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Benign Familial Macrocrania Hydrocephalus and Obstructed CSF Spaces Intraventricular Hemorrhage Aqueductal Stenosis Arachnoid Cyst Enlarged Subarachnoid Spaces Villous Hypertrophy of the…
