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Tornwaldt cyst

Case contributed by Ammar Haouimi
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

MRI to rule out nasopharyngeal lesion.

Patient Data

Age: 60 years
Gender: Female
mri

There is a well-circumscribed midline cystic lesion (14x12 mm) of the posterior nasopharyngeal wall, deep to the nasopharyngeal mucosa, between the longus Colli muscles. It is of high signal intensity on T1WI, low signal intensity on T2WI with peripheral enhancement on postcontrast sequences.

Case Discussion

MRI features are consistent with a Tornwaldt cyst (incidental finding).

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