Pericallosal ribbon lipoma

Case contributed by Roberto Schubert
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Incidental finding on an MRI for aggravating chronic headaches.

Patient Data

Age: 40 years
Gender: Female
mri

A curvilinear (ribbon) structure of high T1 and T2 signal, seen around the splenium of the corpus callosum with no corpus callosum dysplasia, in keeping with curvilinear corpus callosum lipoma.

Case Discussion

Pericallosal region is the most common location for intracranial lipoma, accounting for about 50% of them.

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