Article Text
Statistics from Altmetric.com
A 48-year-old man presented with sudden-onset headache and vomiting for 6 h and altered sensorium for 2 h. He was febrile with tachycardia, neck rigidity and positive Kernig’s sign. Cerebrospinal fluid examination showed neutrophilic pleocytosis, raised protein and low glucose. Non-contrast CT revealed a large, well-circumscribed hypodense mass measuring 5×3 cm involving the right frontobasal area with subtle peripheral calcification. The mean attenuation value of the hypodense area measured 87 Hounsfield units. MRI was performed to characterise the mass further (figs 1, 2).
T1-weighted (TR/TE, 450/20) axial image showing a hyperintense soft tissue mass in the right frontobasal region with brightly hyperintense foci in the quadrigeminal cistern and subarachnoid space. Axial section at a higher …
Footnotes
-
Competing interests: None declared.
Request Permissions
If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.