Cerebellar cavernoma

Case contributed by Ammar Haouimi
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Headaches. Incidental finding.

Patient Data

Age: 65 years
Gender: Female
mri
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Sagittal
T1
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Axial
FLAIR
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Coronal
T2
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Axial
Gradient Echo
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Axial
T1 C+
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Info

Small rounded well-circumscribed right cerebellar lesion of mixed signal intensity centrally on both T1, T2 and FLAIR with signal loss and blooming on GE sequence. No surrounding edema or enhancement on the postcontrast sequence.

Moderate cerebral volume loss with small vessel ischemic change.

Case Discussion

MRI features characteristic of a cerebellar cavernoma (or cavernous venous malformation), type II according to Zabramski classification.

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