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Meningioma - olfactory groove

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Personality change.

Patient Data

Age: 55 years
Gender: Female

MRI brain

mri

Large anterior cranial fossa mass that arises from the olfactory grooves, demonstrates prominent spoke wheel vascular supply and CSF cleft sign. 

Case Discussion

Typical appearances of a large anterior cranial fossa meningioma (where they can grow to an impressive size with limited symptoms). The diagnosis was confirmed histologically. 

Note that despite the CSF cleft being filled with CSF it does not usually attenuate on FLAIR, presumably due to trapped solutes. 

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