TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidermoid of the lateral ventricle: evaluation with diffusion-weighted and diffusion tensor imaging
AU - Koot, Radboud W.
AU - Jagtap, Anuradha P.
AU - Akkerman, Erik M.
AU - den Heeten, Gerard J.
AU - Majoie, Charles B. L. M.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - We report of a large epidermoid tumor of the lateral ventricle in a 67-year-old man. Conventional imaging (CT, T1/T2, MRI) could not differentiate the tumor from the surrounding cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). On diffusion-weighted and diffusion anisotropy images the tumor was clearly seen as a hyperintense mass surrounded by hypointense CSF, highly suspected for epidermoid. Diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) accentuated its lobulated structure and clearly demonstrated its relationship to neighboring white matter tracts. We suggest that in case of the suspicion of a space-occupying lesion in CSF containing areas, not distinguishable from CSF by conventional MR imaging, diffusion-weighted and diffusion-tensor MR imaging should be added
AB - We report of a large epidermoid tumor of the lateral ventricle in a 67-year-old man. Conventional imaging (CT, T1/T2, MRI) could not differentiate the tumor from the surrounding cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). On diffusion-weighted and diffusion anisotropy images the tumor was clearly seen as a hyperintense mass surrounded by hypointense CSF, highly suspected for epidermoid. Diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) accentuated its lobulated structure and clearly demonstrated its relationship to neighboring white matter tracts. We suggest that in case of the suspicion of a space-occupying lesion in CSF containing areas, not distinguishable from CSF by conventional MR imaging, diffusion-weighted and diffusion-tensor MR imaging should be added
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0303-8467(03)00029-5
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0303-8467(03)00029-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 12954544
SN - 0303-8467
VL - 105
SP - 270
EP - 273
JO - Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
JF - Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
IS - 4
ER -