51-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented with 3+ months H/O intermittent dizziness, intermittent headaches, difficulty going down stairs and 3+ days H/O tingling and numbness on the right side of face, right hand and foot. MRI revealed
A 59 year-old woman presented with an approximate one-year history of worsening sensory disturbances and pain in the right side of her scalp and face. Her past medical history was otherwise unremarkable. Part of her initial work-up involved imaging of
A young male presented with progressive right sided cranial nerve palsies was diagnosed as having a cavernous sinus syndrome. CT was done (Fig. 1) and showed a mass in the right cavernous sinus extending to the sphenoid sinus. Note that
73 year old lady presented with six weeks history of odd behavior, increasing apathy, expressive aphasia, and mild headache. An MRI including diffusion and perfusion imaging was obtained. MRI revealed a T1 hypointense (to cortex) and slightly T2 hyperintense (to
51 year old lady presented with headache and gait disturbances. An MRI including perfusion imaging was obtained. MRI revealed an extra-axial, dural based mass of the posterior fossa which was isointense to gray matter on T1 weighted sequence and hyperintense
A middle age woman presented with left progressive proptosis. A contrast enhanced CT was done and showed enlargement of the left superior ophthalmic vein on the axial plane (see below). A coronal image confirmed this abnormality and demonstrated that the
A young man presented with ataxia. Brain contrast enhanced MRI was done including DWI and perfusion. T2WI showed a mixed intensity lesion in the inferior right cerebellar hemisphere which contained some “dark stripes”. DWI ADC map show restricted diffusion centrally.
A young African American woman presented with progressive left vision loss. Brain MRI with contrast and perfusion studies were obtained. The studies showed a dural-based lesion involving the lateral aspect of the left cavernous sinus which extended superiorly and crossed
This young male presented with chronic but progressive low back pain and lower extremity weakness. MR imaging of the lumbar spine with contrast showed a lesion, intradural/extramedullary, extending from T12 to L4. The lesion “expanded” the spinal canal and produced
A young female presented to an outside hospital with headache of one day duration. An MR brain study was done and interpreted as showing acute subarachnoid hemorrhage in the right temporal/occipital region. The patient was transferred to our hospital for
