Intracranial gyriform calcification associated with subarachnoid fat.
Intracranial convolutional or gyriform calcification simulating Sturge-Weber syndrome has been described in association with bacterial and viral intracranial infection as well as irradiation and intrathecal methotrexate for central nervous system leukemia. Reported is a case of gyriform calcification caused by chemical meningitis secondary to subarachnoid fat from an epidermoid tumor.
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids; D008297:Male; D013341:Sturge-Weber Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D013346:Subarachnoid Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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