1. Intracranial calcifications on CT: an updated review
- Author
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Charbel, Saade, Elie, Najem, Karl, Asmar, Rida, Salman, Bassam, El Achkar, and Lena, Naffaa
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Brain Diseases ,Calcification, Physiologic ,Neuroradiology ,Terminology as Topic ,Brain ,Calcinosis ,Humans ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed - Abstract
Intracranial calcifications are frequently encountered in non-contrast computed tomography scan in both adult and pediatric age groups. They refer to calcifications within the brain parenchyma or vasculature and can be classified into several major categories: physiologic/age-related, dystrophic, congenital disorders/phakomatoses, infectious, vascular, neoplastic, metabolic/endocrine, inflammatory and toxic diseases. In this updated review, we present a wide spectrum of intracranial calcifications from both pediatric and adult populations focusing on their pattern, size and location.
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- 2019