圖1 男性,53歲,因左側(cè)面部麻木1 d就診。MRI提示半球間(胼周)脂肪瘤,胼胝體發(fā)育不良1a 正中矢狀位T1WI顯示,不規(guī)則管結(jié)節(jié)樣病變位于大腦半球間裂,呈高信號(hào),邊界銳利(箭頭所示),胼胝體發(fā)育不良 1b 橫斷面T2WI顯示,病變呈均勻高信號(hào),延伸于雙側(cè)側(cè)腦室之間(箭頭所示) 1c 矢狀位抑脂T1WI顯示,病灶內(nèi)高信號(hào)消失,提示為脂肪成分(箭頭所示);病變上方與粗大的不規(guī)則輻射樣腦回相鄰 圖2 女性,39歲,因頭暈3 d就診。MRI提示胼胝體上方和后方半球間脂肪瘤 2a 矢狀位T1WI顯示,胼胝體上方弧線樣高信號(hào)影(箭頭所示),胼胝體形態(tài)完整 2b 矢狀位抑脂T1WI顯示,病灶內(nèi)高信號(hào)消失,提示為脂肪成分(箭頭所示)Figure 1 A 53?year?old male had suffered left facial numbness for one day and came to clinic.MRI showed interhemispheric(pericallosal)lipoma and hypoplasia of corpus callosum.Median sagittal T1WI showed an irregular tubulonodular hyperintense mass with clear rim located in interhemispheric fissure(arrow indicates).Hypoplasia of corpus callosum could be seen(Panel 1a).Axial T2WI showed heterogeneous high intensity of lesion extending into bilateral ventricles(arrow indicates,Panel 1b).Sagittal fat?suppression T1WI showed hyperintense signal disappeared,which proved fatty content(arrow indicates).The lesion was adjacent to thick,irregular bumpy cortices(Panel 1c). Figure 2 A 39?year?old female had suffered dizziness for 3 d and came to clinic.MRI showed an lipoma in the upper and rear corpus callosum.Sagittal T1WI showed a curvilinear high?intensity signal in the upper corpus callosum(arrow indicates)with intact corpus callosum(Panel 2a).Sagittal fat?suppression T1WI showed hyperintense signal disappeared,which proved fatty content(arrow indicates,Panel 2b).
顱內(nèi)脂肪瘤是少見的包含脂肪成分的良性病變,占全部顱內(nèi)腫瘤的0.1%~0.5%,源自胚胎期原始腦膜殘留和異常分化,好發(fā)于胼胝體、四疊體池、環(huán)池和鞍上池等中線結(jié)構(gòu),大腦凸面和側(cè)裂少見,多合并不同程度腦發(fā)育畸形,尤以胼胝體缺如和(或)發(fā)育不良多見,其他還包括透明隔缺如、小腦蚓部發(fā)育不良、顱裂畸形、動(dòng)脈瘤等,通常無臨床癥狀。典型征象為CT呈現(xiàn)特征性脂肪低密度影,邊界清晰,病灶周圍可見鈣化;增強(qiáng)掃描無強(qiáng)化。MRI可以鑒別病變內(nèi)脂肪成分,具有一定特異性,T1WI呈高信號(hào)(圖1a),T2WI呈稍高和高信號(hào)(圖1b),抑脂序列呈極低信號(hào),提示病變內(nèi)脂肪成分(圖1c);增強(qiáng)掃描無強(qiáng)化,應(yīng)注意采用抑脂序列以區(qū)分脂肪成分與異常強(qiáng)化導(dǎo)致的短T1信號(hào)。半球間(胼周)脂肪瘤是顱內(nèi)脂肪瘤的最常見類型,通常有管結(jié)節(jié)樣和弧線樣兩種形態(tài),前者多位于胼胝體前部,體積較大,呈不規(guī)則長(zhǎng)管狀或分葉狀,常伴胼胝體缺如和(或)發(fā)育不全(圖1);后者多位于胼胝體后上部,病變細(xì)長(zhǎng),呈“C”形包繞胼胝體壓部,合并胼胝體異常概率和嚴(yán)重程度較前者低(圖2)。應(yīng)注意與其他含脂肪成分的顱內(nèi)病變(如皮樣囊腫、畸胎瘤等)和T1WI呈高信號(hào)的顱內(nèi)病變(如顱咽管瘤、膠樣囊腫、內(nèi)胚層囊腫、合并出血的蛛網(wǎng)膜囊腫、含黑色素細(xì)胞的腫瘤和亞急性或慢性血腫等)相鑒別。
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