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Multifocal Cerebellar Liponeurocytoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

David Pelz ,
Navid Khezri ,
Todd Mainprize ,
Nicolas Phan ,
Julia Keith ,
Juan Bilbao ,
Richard I. Aviv ,
May Tsao  and
Sean P. Symons
Navid Khezri
Affiliation:
Division of Neuroradiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Todd Mainprize
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nicolas Phan
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Julia Keith
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Juan Bilbao
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Richard I. Aviv
Affiliation:
Division of Neuroradiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May Tsao
Affiliation:
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sean P. Symons*
Affiliation:
Division of Neuroradiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, AG31D, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada. Email: sean.symons@sunnybrook.ca.
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A 54-year-old female presented with a two year history of progressive headaches and upper neck pain. The headaches were worse with coughing and bending. Neurological examination was unremarkable including a normal cranial nerve examination. There was no papilloedema. A computed tomogram (CT) demonstrated a midline, posterior fossa, partly fatty, partly solid mass (Figure 1). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a mixed fatty, solid mass arising from the fourth ventricle and extending downward below the foramen magnum to the C1 level (Figure 2). The solid portions demonstrated enhancement. In addition, in the lateral right cerebellar hemisphere, there was a second, separate, solid, enhancing mass without any connection to the larger central lesion. A subtotal resection of the tumor was achieved through a suboccipital craniectomy.

Type
Neuroimaging Highlight
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 40 , Issue 6 , November 2013 , pp. 870 - 872
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2013

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