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Patient No./Age (y)/Sex Location Size (cm) Symptoms Bony Anomalies NECT (Compared to Brain) T1WI (Compared to CSF) T2WI (Compared to Brain) FLAIR (Compared to CSF) T1 C+ (Enhancement) DWI (Restriction) 1/46/F Right lower CPA 1.2 × 0.8 × 0.6 Decreased gag reflex on right, decreased sensation in right VI and V3 nerves — Isodense Hyperintense Hyperintense Hyperintense None None 2/26/F Midline, right lower CPA 2.6 × 1.6 Right-sided paresthesias, chronic migraine headaches — — Hyperintense Hypointense Hyperintense None — 3/39/F* Midline, pontomedullary junction 0.6 × 1.4 × 1.1 Chronic headaches — — Hyperintense Hyperintense Hyperintense None Mild 4/72/F Left frontal lobe 8.8 × 4.6 × 6.6 Behavior changes leading to psychosis — Hypodense Hyperintense Hyperintense Hyperintense None — 5/60/F Midline, pontomedullary junction 1.5 × 0.8 Chronic headaches — — Hyperintense Hyperintense — — — 6/unknown* Lateral pontomedullary junction 1.5 × 1 — — — Hyperintense Hyperintense Hyperintense Posterior rim (at brain) — 7/41/F Midline, lower CPA 2.5 × 1.5 Chronic headache, tingling in distal extremities — — Hyperintense Hyperintense — Posterior rim (at brain) — 8/57/F Midline, 4th ventricle 3.4 × 3 × 2.5 Occasional vertigo, chronic occipital headache — — Hyperintense Hyperintense — None — 9/12/F Midline, lower CPA 1.4 × 1.8 × 0.8 History of recurrent meningitis Midline cleft, CVJ — Hyperintense Hyperintense Hyperintense — — 10/70/M Midline to right lower CPA 3 × 4 Incontinence, inability to walk — — Hyperintense Hyperintense — — — 11/26/F Midline, anterior to medulla 1.5 × 2 2 episodes “viral syndrome” (headache, fever nausea, vomiting, nuchal rigidity, fever) — — Hyperintense Hyperintense — Posterior rim (at brain) — 12/34/M Left of midline, adjacent to calvarium, extending through left ethnoid 9 × 6 × 7 New onset seizures — Hypodense Isointense Hyperintense — None — 13/21/F Midline, anterior to brain stem extending into both CPA cisterns 3 × 2.5 “Migraines,” persistent occipital headaches — Hyperdense Hyperintense Hypointense Hyperintense — — 14/44/F Lower left CPA 3 × 3 Progressive clumsiness of hands with gait disturbance — — Hyperintense Hyperintense — None — 15/14/F Right CPA 2 × 2 × 2 Long history of right-sided sensorineural hearing loss — — Hyperintense Hyperintense — Posterior rim (at brain) — 16/78/F Extra-axial right frontal lobe, with fluid-fluid levels 7 × 5 × 3 Acute onset single seizure — Isodense Iso-hyperintense Hyperintense — None — 17/48/M Left intra/paraventricular, bilobed 8 × 5 2 weeks of tremor, numbness of right arm, and facial droop — Hyperdense, marginal Ca++ Hyperintense Hyperintense — Thin marginal enhancement — 18/78/M Extra-axial, frontal lobe, multiple fluid-fluid levels 7 × 5 × 3 New onset seizure — Hypodense Hyperintense Hyperintense — None —
Note:—CPA indicates cerebellopontine angle; NECT, nonenhanced CT; T1WI, T1-weighted image; T2W1, T2-weighted image; T1 C+, T1 with gadolinium; DWI, diffusion-weighted image; CVJ, craniovertebral junction.
* Presumed neurenteric cyst