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Case #40

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Demographics: 8 years old, Female
Indication: Epilepsy

Case #40

Findings

  • Nonenhancing mass in the right eccentric floor of the third ventricle (tuber cinereum) measuring 12 x 10 x 9 mm, which follows gray matter signal on all sequences
  • Mild mass effect on the right lateral wall of the third ventricle, the right mammillary body, and the right forniceal column
  • No herniation or hydrocephalus

Diagnosis

Hypothalamic hamartoma

Key Imaging Features

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Discussion

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References

  • Saleem SN, Said A-HM, Lee DH. Lesions of the hypothalamus: MR imaging diagnostic features. Radiographics 2007; 27: 1087-1108.

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