title: Problem in diagnostic radiology.
abstract: The case of a 58-year-old woman is described. She presented with what initially seemed to be a transient ischaemic attack. Clinical imaging, however,revealed an intracranial lipoma of the cisterna magna associated with a defect of the occipital bone and spina bifida occulta of the atlas.
authors.affiliation: Neuroradiologia, Seconda Universita Degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Conforti
authors.forename: Gemma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Taglialatela
authors.forename: Daria
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dinacci
authors.forename: Assunta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scuotto
authors.forename: Gioacchino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tedeschi
authors.forename: Sossio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cirillo
mesh_terms: D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D054022:Cerebrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002946:Cisterna Magna / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010291:Paresis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome