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Vol. 16. Issue 2.
Pages 173-176 (January 2005)
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Vol. 16. Issue 2.
Pages 173-176 (January 2005)
Lipoma de la cisterna cuadrigémina y cisura calcarina: caso clínico y revisión de la literatura
Quadrigeminal cistern and calcarine fissure lipoma: case report and review of the literature
J. Fandiño
, E. Arán
Unidad de Neurocirugía. Hospital Xeral Calde Lugo
J. Bermúdez*
* Servicio de radiología. Hospital Xeral Calde Lugo
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Presentamos el caso de un varón de 47 años, portador de dos lipomas intracraneales, localizados en la lámina cuadrigemina y cisura calcarina respectivamente, lo que consideramos un caso excepcional.

El paciente padecía cefaleas, episodios vertiginosos y cuadrantanopsia. Se describen los hallazgos en la Resonancia Magnética (RM) y realizamos una breve revisión de la literatura.

Palabras clave:
Lipoma intracraneal múltiple
Cisura calcarina
Cisterna cuadrigémina
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We report the case of a multiple intracranial lipoma in a 47 year-old patient presenting with headache dizziness and cuadrantanopsia. MR imaging revealed the presente of 2 lipomas, one located within the cuadrigeminal cistern and the other in the calcarine fissure. To our knowledge, this combination of this rare lesion has not been yet described. We review the current literature.

Key words:
Multiple Intracranial lipoma
Calcarina fissure
Cuadrigeminal cistern

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