Cavernoma

Case contributed by Huda B. Gharbia

Presentation

Headache

Patient Data

Age: 35 years
Gender: Male
mri

Small popcorn appearance lesion in left temporal lobe, appears surrounded by hypointense T2W hemosiderin rim, central hyperintensity in T1W and T2W images, likely blood products.

Another smaller area of markedly hypointense signal in T2Wimages in right parietal lobe, juxtacortical.

Case Discussion

Popcorn lesion in left temporal lobe, cavernoma, Zabramski classification type II.

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