title: [Pictorial essay: Evaluation of intracranial lipomatous masses with MRI].
abstract: The lipid containing tumors of the intracranial region are rare and usually benign masses. The major lipomatous masses may be listed as lipomas, dermoid cysts, and the tumors with lipoid metaplasia, most common of which is lipomatous meningioma. MRI characteristics of these rare entities have been presented, and the underlying reasons for those appearances on MRI have been discussed in this pictorial review.
authors.affiliation: Sişli Etfal Eğitim ve Araştirma Hastanesi, Radyoloji Kliniği, Istanbul.
authors.forename: Sinan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cakirer
authors.forename: Ercan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karaarslan
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology