Quadrigeminal cistern lipoma

Case contributed by Bahman Rasuli
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Headache.

Patient Data

Age: 55 years
Gender: Male
mri

A well-defined lesion in the region of the left quadrigeminal cistern eliciting hyperintense signal on T1 and mildly hyperintensity on T2W sequences that shows loss of signal on the coronal T2 fat saturation sequence. .

Case Discussion

Quadrigeminal cistern lipomas may be associated with agenesis of the corpus callosum or hypoplasia of the inferior colliculus.

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