title: Magnetic resonance imaging of non-specific inflammatory granulation involving the skull base--two case reports.
abstract: A 55-year-old male presented with a 20-day history of nuchal pain and hypoglossal nerve paresis on the right. T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed an isointense lesion with a small hypointense part in the hypoglossal canal and caudal clivus. A 66-year-old female presented with a long-standing history of left orbital pain. T2-weighted MR imaging showed a hypointense lesion occupying the orbital apex which on recurrence became isointense. The histological diagnosis of both lesions was non-specific inflammatory granulation. The T2-weighted MR imaging appearance of this entity is variable, and can change within the clinical course of the same lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shirabe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006097:Granulation Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016727:Orbital Pseudotumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019291:Skull Base / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA