Presentation
Severe right hemicranial headache
Patient Data
Age: 45 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Cerebral cortical calcification
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Gyriform cortical calcification in right occipital lobe. No evidence of surrounding edema, ipsilateral parenchymal atrophy or choroid plexus enlargement is however seen.
From the case:
Cerebral cortical calcification
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CT confirming the calcification.
Case Discussion
The patient did not have any facial angioma or any history of seizures. This kind of cerebral cortical calcification may represent an isolated leptomeningeal angioma or type 3 Sturge-Weber syndrome which is often seen in adulthood and presents with severe headache.
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