Meningioma CT
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Haytham Allaham, M.D. [2]
Overview
Head CT scan may be diagnostic of meningioma. Findings on CT scan suggestive of meningioma include homogeneously hyperdense lesion, calcification, hyperostosis, lytic lesions and pneumosinus dilatans.[1]
CT Scan
- Head CT scan may be diagnostic of meningioma.[1]
- Findings on CT scan suggestive of meningioma include:[1]
- Homogeneously hyperdense lesion
- Calcification
- Hyperostosis
- Lytic lesions
- Pneumosinus dilatans
- Meningioma is highly vascularized thus it is readily visualized with contrast head CT scan.[1]
- Head CT scan confirms the location of the meningioma and illustrates any invasion to the surrounding brain tissue.
- Head CT scan may be used to determine if the meningioma could be surgically resected.
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Image courtesy of Dr M Venkatesh Radiopaedia(original file "here").Creative Commons BY-SA-NC[2]
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Image courtesy of Dr Ruslan Esedov Radiopaedia(original file "here").Creative Commons BY-SA-NC[2]
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Image courtesy of Dr M Venkatesh Radiopaedia(original file "here").Creative Commons BY-SA-NC[2]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Meningioma. Radiopaedia(2015) http://radiopaedia.org/articles/meningioma Accessed on September, 25th 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Image courtesy of Dr M Venkatesh Radiopaedia(original file "here").Creative Commons BY-SA-NC