Hemorrhage - Case 6 MR flair
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CB1706-Hemorrhage - Case 6 MR flair
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CB1706-Hemorrhage - Case 6 MR flair
Case ReportHistory
Exam
Prior Study
1. There is a single mass lesion (consistent with low grade tumor based on history) that has undergone recent hemorrhage necrosis the blood products evident in the dorsal anterior aspect of the tumor, which has released a small amount of blood into the ventricles. There is no secondary hydrocephalus.
2. The mass causes only local mass-effects with effacement of the left frontal horn but not the left cerebral aqueduct.
3. There is age-related ex vacuo ventriculomegaly and frontotemporal atrophic changes.
T1-w MR pre and post contrast
1. The left basifrontal intraaxial mass has contrast enhancement throughout. It has very distinct tumoral margin. The features are those of a low grade paraventricular brain tumor most consistent with low grade ependymoma.
2. There is evidence of some internal hemorrhagic necrosis, which is the source of the minimal intraventricular blood products.
T2-w spin echo
1. The spin echo T2-w sequence confirms the low grade nature of the left basifrontal mass and also indicates there has been intratumoral hemorrhagic necrosis.
Findings
MR flair
The internal sites of punctate signal loss in an otherwise MR flair hyperintense tumor are related to the sites on microhemorrhage.
The marginal MR flair signal increase in the occipital horns likely is related to subacute blood products.
Impression
2. There is no transependymal fluid migration to suggest there is secondary hydrocephalus.
