Quadrigeminal cistern lipoma

Case contributed by Abhishek Bhargava
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Epilepsy

Patient Data

Age: 20 years
Gender: Female

Fat-density lesion in right lower part of tectum.

mri

Well-defined abnormal fat-intensity lesion (13 mm x 10 mm) involving the right lower part of the tectum, appearing hyperintense on T1 and T2-weighted sequences and hypointense on T1 fat-saturated and gradient sequences.

Case Discussion

Quadrigeminal cistern lipomas make up approximately 25% of intracranial lipomas and are located within the quadrigeminal cistern. Though asymptomatic in most cases, patient presented with seizures due to mass effect.

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