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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==MRI== | ==MRI== | ||
MRI demonstrates a soft tissue mass, typically ovoid or lobulated in contour, engulfing the calcified pineal gland with the following signal | MRI demonstrates a soft tissue mass, typically ovoid or lobulated in contour, engulfing the calcified pineal gland with the following signal characteristic: | ||
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*isointense or slightly hyperintense to adjacent brain | |||
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*isointense or slightly hyperintense to adjacent brain | |||
*may have areas of cyst formation | |||
*may have areas of haemorrhage | |||
*have a predilection to invade adjacent brain | |||
*central calcification appears low signal | |||
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:T1 contrast + gadolinium | |||
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*vivid and homogenous | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Simrat Sarai, M.D. [2]
Overview
MRI
MRI demonstrates a soft tissue mass, typically ovoid or lobulated in contour, engulfing the calcified pineal gland with the following signal characteristic:
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