Pericallosal lipoma

Case contributed by John Grieve
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Migraine like headache.

Patient Data

Age: 35 years
Gender: Female
mri

Small pericallosal lipoma inferior to the splenium, with high signal intensity on T1 and T2. Normal size and development of corpus callosum.

Case Discussion

Example of a small lipoma easily missed on axial T2 images.

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