Exophytic pontine glioma mimicking acoustic neurinoma: CT and MRI appearance.
A 31-year-old female having a family history of neurofibromatosis 1 presented a left CPA tumor. MRI findings showed a completely extraaxial tumor, suggesting an acoustic neurinoma except for the lesion in the acoustic meatus. However, the final diagnosis was of exophytic pontine glioma. When a CPA tumor shows no lesion in the internal acoustic meatus, the possibility of exophytic pontine glioma should be considered in the differential diagnosis, especially in NF-1 patients.
Ozawa
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Department of Radiology, Kanto Teishin Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Katsumata
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Maehara
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D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011149:Pons / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed