Lipoma-cerebellopontine angle

Case contributed by Ammar Haouimi
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Left hearing loss.

Patient Data

Age: 55 years
Gender: Female
mri
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Sagittal
T1
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Axial
FLAIR
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Axial
T2
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Coronal
T2
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Axial T1
fat sat
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Axial
SSFP
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Axial
DWI
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Axial
ADC
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Axial T1
C+ fat sat
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Coronal T1
C+ fat sat
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There is a small well-circumscribed lesion in the left cerebellopontine angle (CPA), of high signal intensity on T1WI, and T2WI with signal dropout on T1 fat saturated sequence. Note the vestibulocochlear nerve and facial nerve coursing within the lesion on their way to the IAM, well-visualised on all sequences, mainly on axial-SSFP.

Case Discussion

MRI feature of a cerebellopontine angle lipoma.

Others lesions must be considered in the differential diagnosis of a T1 high signal lesion of the CPA:

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