Season 2 Case 28

Neuro Feb 9, 2014

Case 28

History: head injury

Answer:

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Tricky one with the history (which is why I put it!). The key here is the shape on the CT. It is somewhat amorphous for an interparenchymal hemorrhage, and no noticeable edema around it. The MRI shows a somewhat triangular area of susceptibility artifact (blooming) on the Gradient Echo imaging. All together this is most consistent with a:

Answer: Cavernous malformation

Keys:

hyperdense on CT (50% show Ca++,)

hemosiderin ring (blooming) on MRI (GRE most prominent)

no mass effect

m/c history is seizure or neurologic deficit but they are commonly found incidentally

Sources:

http://www.neuroradiologycases.com/2012/01/cavernoma-cavernous-malformation.html

http://radiopaedia.org/articles/cerebral-cavernous-malformation

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