Computed tomographic presentation of granulomatous reaction from intraventricular shunt.
A case is presented in which the patient was diagnosed as having a large mass lesion arising in the region of the quadrigeminal plate. The patient had been shunted in the past for hydrocephalus. The computed tomographic picture was that of a primary brain neoplasm. At surgery extensive granulation tissue was found. The similarity between the CT presentation of this inflammatory mass and a neoplasm is emphasized.
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed