Problem in diagnostic radiology

Clin Anat. 2008 Mar;21(2):190-2. doi: 10.1002/ca.20582.

Abstract

The case of a 58-year-old woman is described. She presented with what initially seemed to be a transient ischaemic attack. Clinical imaging, however,revealed an intracranial lipoma of the cisterna magna associated with a defect of the occipital bone and spina bifida occulta of the atlas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aphasia / diagnosis
  • Aphasia / etiology
  • Cerebrum / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebrum / pathology*
  • Cisterna Magna / diagnostic imaging
  • Cisterna Magna / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lipoma / complications
  • Lipoma / diagnosis*
  • Lipoma / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / complications
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Occipital Bone / abnormalities
  • Occipital Bone / diagnostic imaging
  • Paresis / diagnosis
  • Paresis / etiology
  • Spina Bifida Occulta / complications
  • Spina Bifida Occulta / diagnosis
  • Spina Bifida Occulta / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome