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CT scan calcified meningioma. | CT scan calcified meningioma.jpg|thumb|Calcified meningioma <ref name="radio"> Image courtesy of Dr M Venkatesh [http://www.radiopaedia.org Radiopaedia](original file [http://radiopaedia.org/cases/calcified-meningioma-2 "here"]).[http://radiopaedia.org/licence Creative Commons BY-SA-NC]</ref> | ||
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[[ File:Empty sella syndrome CT gif.gif |thumb|center|600px|Case courtesy of Dr Chris O'Donnell, Empty sella in Sheehan's syndrome <ref>Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/cases/20261">rID: 20261</ref>]] | [[ File:Empty sella syndrome CT gif.gif |thumb|center|600px|Case courtesy of Dr Chris O'Donnell, Empty sella in Sheehan's syndrome <ref>Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/cases/20261">rID: 20261</ref>]] | ||
[[File:Pituitary-apoplexy marked.jpg|center|800px|CT without contrast showing intrasellar mass.(Source: Case courtesy of A.Prof Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 2735)]] | [[File:Pituitary-apoplexy marked.jpg|center|800px|thumb|CT without contrast showing intrasellar mass.(Source: Case courtesy of A.Prof Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 2735)]] | ||
[[File:220px-Craniopharyngioma1.jpg|right|thumb|Case courtesy of- Matthew R Garnett, Stéphanie Puget, Jacques Grill, Christian Sainte-Rose. Craniopharyngioma. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2, 18. 2007. doi:10.1186/1750-1172-2-18. PMID 17425791, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2524556]] | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2] Iqra Qamar M.D.[3]
Overview
CT scan is preferred over MRI for visualization of calcification in a meningioma or a craniopharyngioma. Routine CT is insensitive to the diagnosis unless frank intracranial hemorrhage is present.The pituitary mass may be evident and be hyperdense.
CT
- CT scan is preferred over MRI for visualization of calcification in a meningioma or a craniopharyngioma
- Routine CT is insensitive to the diagnosis unless frank intracranial hemorrhage is present
- The pituitary mass may be evident and be hyperdense.
- Fluid debris levels may also be evident.
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Calcified meningioma [1]
![Calcified meningioma [1]](/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=CT_scan_calcified_meningioma.jpg){kind=link}
References
- ↑ Image courtesy of Dr M Venkatesh Radiopaedia(original file "here").Creative Commons BY-SA-NC
- ↑ Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/cases/20261">rID: 20261