title: Teaching neuroimages: vein of Galen aneurysm mimicking pineal mass in a young adult.
abstract: A 22-year-old man presented with intractable progressive headaches over 2 months. Noncontrast head CT and contrast-enhanced MRI scan revealed a hyperdense pineal-based mass (figure, A and B). Arteriogram was normal (figure, C and D).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine (Neurology), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA. sankalpsgokhale@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sankalp
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gokhale
authors.forename: Daniel T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Laskowitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D054080:Vein of Galen Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult