Periventricular Calcification Susan I. Blaser, MD, FRCPC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common TORCH, General CMV, Congenital Toxoplasmosis, Congenital Herpes Encephalitis, Congenital HIV, Congenital Rubella, Congenital Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Less Common Neurocysticercosis Tuberculosis…
Fat-like Lesion(s), General Sheri L. Harder, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Choroid Plexus Xanthogranuloma Lipoma Craniopharyngioma Teratoma Dermoid Cyst Ossified Falx Less Common Asymmetric Marrow, Petrous Apex Cholesterol Granuloma, Petrous Apex…
Sulcal/Cisternal Enhancement Sheri L. Harder, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Meningitis Meningeal Carcinomatosis Lymphomatous Meningitis Neurocysticercosis Tuberculosis Meningitis Less Common Neurosarcoid Sturge-Weber Syndrome Fungal Diseases Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (Subacute May Enhance)…
Multiple Hypointense Foci on T2 Nancy J. Fischbein, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Neoplasm Lymphoma Metastases, Parenchymal Multifocal Glioma Atypical Infection Bacterial (TB, Nocardia) Fungal Diseases Toxoplasmosis, Acquired Less Common Neurosarcoid…
Cystic CPA Mass H. Ric Harnsberger, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Epidermoid Cyst, CPA-IAC Arachnoid Cyst, CPA-IAC Less Common Vestibular Schwannoma with Intramural Cyst(s) Neurocysticercosis, CPA Hemangioblastoma Large Endolymphatic Sac Anomaly…
Hyperdense Extra-Axial Mass(es) Miral D. Jhaveri, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Subdural Hematoma, Acute Epidural Hematoma Meningioma Metastases, Meningeal Less Common Thrombosis, Dural Sinus Thrombosis, Cortical Venous Neurosarcoid Lymphoma, Metastatic, Intracranial…
CSF-like Extra-Axial Fluid Collection Yoshimi Anzai, MD, MPH Judy Tan, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Aging Brain, Normal Enlarged Subarachnoid Spaces Mega Cisterna Magna Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Subdural Hygroma Less Common…
Effaced Sulci, Focal Anne G. Osborn, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Cortical Contusion Cerebral Ischemia-Infarction, Acute Spontaneous Intracranial Hemorrhage Subdural Hematoma Epidural Hematoma Neurocysticercosis Less Common Primary CNS Neoplasm Meningioma…
Asymmetric Lateral Ventricles Bronwyn E. Hamilton, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Normal Variant Extrinsic Mass Effect Encephalomalacia, General Intraventricular Hemorrhage Herniation Syndromes, Intracranial Surgical Defects Obstructive Hydrocephalus Choroid Plexus Cyst Less…
Periventricular T2/FLAIR Hyperintense Lesions Troy Hutchins, MD Karen L. Salzman, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Aging Brain, Normal Arteriolosclerosis Multiple Sclerosis ADEM Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI) Metastases, Parenchymal Less Common Radiation…
