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Author and Year* Patient (no.)/ Age (y)/Sex Clinical Presentation Location No. of Lesions CT Findings MR Imaging Findings Angiographic Findings Saltykow, 1935 (5) 1/Unknown Psychiatric disturbances Cortex, WM M NA NA NA Harris and Rayport, 1979 (6) 2/28/F Focal seizures Frontal WM S Hyperattenuating mass on nonenhanced scans NA NA Spaar et al, 1981 (7) 3/46/F Visual loss, headache, depression WM M Hypoattenuating lesions, enhancement on contrast-enhanced scans, extension to the lateral ventricle NA Vascular displacements Townsend et al, 1982 (8) 4/47/F Cognitive decline Frontal/optic radiation, WM M Hyperattenuating mass on nonenhanced scans NA Absent venous filling in the affected region Townsend et al, 1982 (8) 5/50/M Visual field defects Occipital WM S Hyperattenuating mass with enhancement on contrast-enhanced scans NA NA Moreno et al, 1983 (9) 6/48/M R hemianopsia, L-arm weakness L occipital WM S Ring-enhancing lesion, extension to the lateral ventricle, thickened ependyma NA Normal Hori et al, 1988 (10) 7/60/M Headache, seizure, dementia L frontal, cerebellum, pons (WM) M NA NA NA Cohen et al, 1992 (11) 8/32/M Headache, seizure, decreased cognition Bilateral centrum semiovale WM, 1 cortical lesion M Hyperattenuating masses, contrast enhancement, extension to the lateral ventricle Hypointense on T1WI, mixed intensity on T2WI, faint enhancement NA Eriksson et al, 1993 (2) 9/76/M Seizure R parietal WM, extension to lateral ventricle and choroid plexus S NA NA Mass effect on the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle Schroder et al, 1995 (12) 10/70/F Ataxia, L-leg weakness, cognitive decline R subcortical parieto-occipital, 2 smaller lesions in the ventricular wall M Hyperattenuating, no edema, extension to the lateral ventricle NA Normal Lee et al, 1995 (3) 11/61/F Seizures, decreased mentation L parietal periatrial WM S Hyperattenuating, partially calcified, no edema Hyperintense on T1WI, mixed intensity on T2WI, marked enhancement, no edema, extension to the lateral ventricle NA Caerts et al, 1997 (4) 12/71/F R pyramidal syndrome L deep periventricular WM S Hyperattenuating mass on nonenhanced scans, contrast enhancement, no edema Isointense on T1WI, hyperintense on T2WI, strongly enhancing, extension to the lateral ventricle NA Blatter et al, 2001 (22) 13/26/F R-hand paresis, dysarthria L parieto-occipital, smaller R-sided lesions M NA T1WI and T2WI appearance unknown, contrast enhancement, extension to the lateral ventricle NA Gandhi et al, 2003 (present case) 14/54/F Seizures L frontal WM, medial extension to the lateral ventricle S Comet-shaped hyperattenuating mass on nonenhanced scans, contrast enhancement, medial extension up to lateral ventricle wall Hypointense on T1WI and T2WI, strong contrast enhancement, surrounding edema NA
Note.—L indicates left; M, multiple; NA, not applicable; R, right; S, single; T1WI, T1-weighted image; T2WI, T2-weighted image; and WM, white matter.
* Numbers in parentheses are reference numbers.