Dural-based Mass, Solitary Miral D. Jhaveri, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Epidural Hematoma Meningioma Metastases, Meningeal Neurosarcoid Lymphoma, Metastatic, Intracranial Empyema Less Common Tuberculosis Meningioma, Atypical and Malignant Benign Nonmeningothelial Tumors…
Microcephaly Susan I. Blaser, MD, FRCPC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Secondary/Acquired from Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy TORCH Infections Nonaccidental Trauma Meningitis Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Less Common Primary/Genetic with Gyral Simplification Cortical Dysplasia…
Falx Lesions Miral D. Jhaveri, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Physiologic Calcification, Dura Osseous Metaplasia Subdural Hematoma, Acute Meningioma Metastases, Meningeal Less Common Neurosarcoid Extra-Axial Empyema Rare but Important Intracranial Hypotension…
Thick Dura/Arachnoid, Generalized Yoshimi Anzai, MD, MPH Judy Tan, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Dural Thickening, Post-Operative Metastases, Meningeal Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Meningitis Intracranial Hypotension Less Common Neurosarcoid Lymphoma, Metastatic, Intracranial…
Dural Calcification(s) Miral D. Jhaveri, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Physiologic Calcification, Dura Osseous Metaplasia (Falx Contains Fatty Marrow) Meningioma Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Less Common Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome Benign Nonmeningothelial…
Sclerotic Skull Lesion, Solitary Miral D. Jhaveri, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Metastasis Osteoma Fibrous Dysplasia Meningioma-Associated Hyperostosis Paget Disease Less Common Osteomyelitis, Skull (Chronic) Calcified Cephalohematoma Rare but Important Calvarium…
Sclerotic Skull Lesions, Multiple Miral D. Jhaveri, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Metastases, Skull Less Common Fibrous Dysplasia Paget Disease Rare but Important Hyperparathyroidism (“Brown Tumor”) Osteoma Osteopoikilosis Melorheostosis Osteopathia Striata…
Lytic Skull Lesion, Solitary Miral D. Jhaveri, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Skull Normal Variants Surgical Defects, Calvarial Burr Holes CSF Shunts and Complications Metastasis Less Common Epidermoid Cyst Langerhans Cell…
Thin Skull, Generalized Miral D. Jhaveri, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Normal Infant Skull Obstructive Hydrocephalus Aqueductal Stenosis Less Common Lacunar Skull Hyperparathyroidism Hypophosphatasia Rare but Important Rickets Osteogenesis Imperfecta Cleidocranial…
Thick Skull, Localized Miral D. Jhaveri, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna Meningioma Metastasis (Osteoblastic) Less Common Fibrous Dysplasia Paget Disease Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Cephalhematoma (Calcified) Chronic Subdural Hematoma (Calcified) Osteomyelitis…
