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Meningioma
Extra-axial (external to the pia) Epidermoid
Metastases
Intra-axial (beneath the pia)
Supratentorial
Pituitary adenoma
• How old is the patient
Craniopharyngioma
Child
Schwannoma
Adult
INTRA-AXIAL VS EXTRA-AXIAL
1. MENINGIOMA
INTRA-AXIAL EXTRA-AXIAL • Common locations convexity, interhemispheric, tent.
• Narrows CSF space • Widens CSF space Classically iso to GM on all sequences.
• Displaces cortex toward • Displaces brain; deeper
periphery lesion has a broad base • Most common extraaxial neoplasm of adults
• Gray matter stretched over toward dura
lesion • Gray-white matter • 15 % of primary intracranial neoplasms,
“buckling”
• Peak 50-60 y.o., F 2:1 intracranial, 4:1 intraspinal
INTRA-AXIAL • CT
Infratentorial (uncommon)
Meningioma