Multiple intracranial calcifications
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Intracranial calcifications are common in certain locations and often do not lead to any clinical concern. These could be grouped in
The two most commonly encountered types of calcification include:
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normal age-related intracranial calcifications
: for all age-related physiologic and neurodegenerative calcification -
intracranial arteries atherosclerosis
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distalICA: especially in thecavernous sinus -
intraduralvertebral arteries basilar artery
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Concerning calcification iscalcifications are much less common and occursoccur in a variety of settings, such as including 3:
- infection
- metabolic
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previous cerebral insult
- healed cerebral abscess
- healed infarct
- healed haematoma
- vascular malformation
- radiation
- neurodegeneration
In these cases it is also important to exclude normal calcifications. For a full list of causes see supplementary material in reference 3.
-<p><strong>Intracranial calcifications</strong> are common in certain locations and often do not lead to any clinical concern. These could be grouped in:</p><ul>-<li>-<a href="/articles/normal-intracranial-calcifications">normal intracranial calcifications</a>: for all age-related physiologic and neurodegenerative calcification</li>-<li>-<a href="/articles/intracranial-arterial-calcification-1">intracranial arteries atherosclerosis</a><ul>-<li>-<a href="/articles/intracranial-arterial-calcification-1"></a>distal <a href="/articles/internal-carotid-artery-1">ICA</a>: especially in the <a href="/articles/cavernous-sinus">cavernous sinus</a>-</li>-<li>-<a href="/articles/cavernous-sinus">intradural </a><a href="/articles/vertebral-artery">vertebral arteries</a>-</li>-<li><a href="/articles/vertebral-artery">basilar artery</a></li>-</ul>-</li>-</ul><p>Concerning calcification is much less common and occurs in a variety of settings, such as:</p><ul>-<li>-<strong>infection</strong><ul>- +<p><strong>Intracranial calcifications</strong> are common in certain locations and often do not lead to any clinical concern.</p><p>The two most commonly encountered types of calcification include: </p><ul>
- +<li><a href="/articles/normal-intracranial-calcifications">normal age-related intracranial calcifications</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/intracranial-arterial-calcification-1">intracranial arteries atherosclerosis</a></li>
- +</ul><p>Concerning calcifications are much less common and occur in a variety of settings including <sup>3</sup>:</p><ul>
- +<li>infection<ul>
-<li>-<strong>metabolic</strong><ul>- +<li>metabolic<ul>
-<li>-<strong>previous cerebral insult</strong><ul>- +<li>previous cerebral insult<ul>
-<li>-<strong>vascular malformation</strong><ul>- +<li>vascular malformation<ul>
-<li>-<strong>radiation</strong><ul><li><a href="/articles/mineralising-microangiopathy">mineralising microangiopathy</a></li></ul>- +<li>radiation<ul><li><a href="/articles/mineralising-microangiopathy">mineralising microangiopathy</a></li></ul>
-<li>-<strong>neurodegeneration</strong><ul><li>-<a href="/articles/adult-onset-leukoencephalopathy-with-axonal-spheroids-and-pigmented-glia">adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia</a> (ALSP) <sup>3</sup>- +<li>neurodegeneration<ul><li>
- +<a title="Adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia" href="/articles/adult-onset-leukoencephalopathy-with-axonal-spheroids-and-pigmented-glia">adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia</a> (ALSP) <sup>3</sup>
-</ul><p>In these cases it is also important to exclude <a href="/articles/normal-intracranial-calcifications">normal calcifications</a>. For a full list of causes see supplementary material in reference 3. </p>- +</ul><p>In these cases it is also important to exclude <a href="/articles/normal-intracranial-calcifications">normal calcifications</a>. </p>
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