title: Focal leptomeningeal enhancement and corticopial calcifications underlying a parietal convexity lipoma: a rare association of findings in 2 pediatric epileptic patients.
abstract: We present the unusual neuroimaging findings of focal cerebral leptomeningeal enhancement in association with corticopial calcifications, underlying a parietal convexity lipoma in 2 pediatric patients with normal psychomotor development, unremarkable physical findings, and recent onset of epilepsy. To our knowledge, this clinical and neuroradiological association has not been previously reported and shows overlapping features with Sturge-Weber syndrome without facial nevus and encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis, thus possibly representing an extremely rare variant within the spectrum of these congenital neurocutaneous disorders.
authors.affiliation: Neuroradiology Operative Unit, G. Gaslini Children's Research Hospital, Genova, Italy. giovannimorana@ospedale-gaslini.ge.it
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morana
authors.forename: Maria Margherita
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mancardi
authors.forename: Maria Giuseppina
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Baglietto
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008578:Meninges / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed