Midbrain Lesion Nancy J. Fischbein, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Cerebral Ischemia-Infarction, Acute Trauma (Diffuse Axonal Injury, Contusion) Demyelinating Disease (MS, ADEM) Metastasis Cavernous Malformation Enlarged Perivascular Spaces Wallerian Degeneration Less…
Pontine Lesion Nancy J. Fischbein, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Arteriolosclerosis (Ischemic Rarefaction) Cerebral Ischemia-Infarction, Acute Hypertensive Intracranial Hemorrhage Brainstem Tumor Vascular Lesion Capillary Telangiectasia, Cavernous Malformation, AVM Less Common Demyelinating…
Posterior Fossa Neoplasm, Adult Anne G. Osborn, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Vestibular Schwannoma Less Common Meningioma, CPA-IAC Metastases, CPA-IAC Metastasis, Parenchymal Hemangioblastoma Other Schwannomas Schwannoma, Trigeminal, Intracranial Schwannoma, Facial…
Large Brainstem Karen L. Salzman, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Brainstem Glioma Hypertensive Intracranial Hemorrhage Less Common Intracranial Hypotension Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome Cerebral Ischemia-Infarction, Acute Demyelination Encephalitis Cavernous Malformation Rare but…
Low Cerebellar Tonsils Gregory L. Katzman, MD, MBA DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Tonsillar Ectopia Chiari 1 Herniation Syndromes, Intracranial Less Common Intracranial Hypotension Basilar Invagination (Mimic) Rare but Important Brain Death…
Medulla Lesion Nancy J. Fischbein, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Lateral Medullary Infarct Wallerian Degeneration Demyelinating Lesion (MS, ADEM) Vascular Lesion Cavernous Malformation; AVM Brainstem Glioma, Pediatric Diffuse Fibrillary Astrocytoma Exophytic…
Small Brainstem Karen L. Salzman, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Cerebral Infarction, Chronic Wallerian Degeneration Less Common Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Multiple System Atrophy Olivopontocerebellar Degeneration Striatonigral Degeneration Rare but Important Friedreich…
Tectal (Quadrigeminal Plate) Lesion Karen L. Salzman, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Diffuse Astrocytoma, Low Grade Brainstem Glioma, Pediatric Less Common Lipoma Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Chiari 2 Rare but Important Cavernous…
Bithalamic Lesions Nancy J. Fischbein, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Arterial Ischemia Venous Ischemia/Deep Venous Thrombosis ADEM Diffuse Astrocytoma/Gliomatosis Cerebri Less Common Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, NOS HIE, Term Neonate Profound Hypoperfusion Injury,…
“Pulvinar Sign” Karen L. Salzman, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Variant (vCJD) Less Common Fabry Disease Thalamic Infarct (Mimic) Neoplasms (Mimic) ADEM (Mimic) Rare but Important…
