Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor

Case contributed by Raad Al Tahat
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Seizures

Patient Data

Age: 30 years
Gender: Female

Right anterior temporal lobe cortically based lesion, involving the hippocampus, which exhibits hyper intense T2 signal with bubbly appearance and partially suppressed on FLAIR images. No restrictive pattern on DWI.

No surrounding edema nor significant mass effect.

No associated focal cortical dysplasia.

Case Discussion

Radiological features are most likely consistent with Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET).

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