Multiple intracranial calcifications

Last revised by Rohit Sharma on 15 Dec 2023

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Gaillard F, Sharma R, Glick Y, et al. Multiple intracranial calcifications. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-8211

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https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-8211

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Article created:

18 Jan 2010, Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈

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At the time the article was created Frank Gaillard had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

15 Dec 2023, Rohit Sharma ◉

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Systems:

Central Nervous System

Sections:

Gamuts

Synonyms:

Intracranial calcification

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 hematoma
vascular malformation
radiation
- mineralizing microangiopathy
neurodegeneration
- adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP) ³
- Urbach-Wiethe disease

Multiple intracranial calcifications

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