Cavernoma

Case contributed by Hani M. Al Salam
Diagnosis almost certain

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Seizure

Patient Data

Age: 30
Gender: Female
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A heterogeneous region of signal increase is seen in the left temporal lobe. 

mri
This study is a stack
Sagittal
T1
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Axial
MRA
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Axial
Gradient Echo
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Axial
T1
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Axial
T1 C+
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Axial
T2
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Axial
FLAIR
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Coronal
T1 C+
This study is a stack
Coronal
T2
Axial
DWI
This study is a stack
Sagittal
T1 C+
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In the left temporal lobe is a lesion with surrounding low T2* signal and heterogeneous internal signal. Features are characteristic of a cavernous malformation (cavernoma). 

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