Quadrigeminal plate lipoma

Case contributed by Roberto Schubert
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Headaches.

Patient Data

Age: 50 years
Gender: Female

Brain

mri

MRI demonstrates a mass in the quadrigeminal plate cistern with very high T1 and T2 signal, and slight chemical shift artifact visible on the T2 weighted sequence. 

Case Discussion

Incidental finding of a quadrigeminal cistern lipoma.

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