Enhancing leptomeningeal lesions
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Enhancing leptomeningeal lesions. Meningioma, neurosarcoidosis, Metastases. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Extra-axial
- Meningioma
- neurosarcoidosis
- Metastases
Leptomeningeal (pia-arachnoid)
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Linear pachymeningeal (dura-arachnoid)
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Superficial gyral
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Nodular subcortical
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Deeper lesions
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Other causes
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References
- Smirniotopoulos JG, Murphy FM, Rushing EJ, Rees JH, Schroeder JW. Patterns of contrast enhancement in the brain and meninges. Radiographics 2007; 27:525-551.
- Gleissner B, Chamberlain MC. Neoplastic meningitis. Lancet Neurol 2006; 5:443-452.
- Gaa J, Weidauer S. Unusual differential diagnosis of leptomeningeal enhancement: moyamoya disease. JNNP 2004; 75:1170.
- Kurokawa R, Kurokawa M, Isshiki S, et al. Dural and leptomeningeal diseases: anatomy, causes, and neuroimaging findings. Radiographics 2023; 43:e230039.
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