Intracranial tumors with calcification

Last revised by Mohammad Salem Amer on 23 Feb 2024

A variety of intracranial tumors exhibit different forms of calcification. Some lesions commonly show calcification while in some tumors, calcification is seen only in few number of cases. In this article these tumors are classified on the basis of frequency of calcification.

Commonly calcified tumors

Parenchymal
Extra-axial
Pineal region
Intraventricular​

Cases and figures

  • Case 1: oligoastrocytoma
  • Case 2: meningioma
  • Case 3: primitive neuroectodermal tumor (sPNET)
  • Case 4: chondrosarcoma - skull base
  • Case 5: chordoma
  • Case 6: ganglioglioma
  • Case 7: central neurocytoma
  • Case 8: oligodendroglioma
  • Case 9: intracranial dermoid cyst
  • Case 10: pineoblastoma
  • Case 11: pineal germinoma
  • Case 12: dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET)
  • Case 13: atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor
  • Case 14: teratoma
  • Case 15: intracranial lipoma
  • Case 16: CAPNON
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