Multiple intracranial calcifications
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Intracranial calcifications are common in certain locations and often are of no clinical concern.
The two most commonly encountered types of calcification include:
Concerning calcifications are much less common and occur in a variety of settings, including 3
- infection
- metabolic
- 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.
-<p><strong>Intracranial calcifications</strong> are common in certain locations and often are of no clinical concern.</p><p>The two most commonly encountered types of calcification include: </p><ul>- +<p><strong>Intracranial calcifications</strong> are common in certain locations and often are of no clinical concern.</p><p>The two most commonly encountered types of calcification include: </p><ul>
-<li><a href="/articles/fahr-syndrome-1">Fahr disease</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/fahr-syndrome-2">Fahr disease</a></li>
-<li>healed <a href="/articles/brain-abscess-1">cerebral abscess</a>- +<li>healed <a href="/articles/cerebral-abscess-1">cerebral abscess</a>
-<li><a href="/articles/cerebral-arteriovenous-malformation">cerebral AVM</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/brain-arteriovenous-malformation">cerebral AVM</a></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>- +<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>
-</ul><p>In these cases it is also important to exclude <a href="/articles/normal-intracranial-calcifications">normal calcifications</a>. </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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