Dural Flashcards
1
Q
Dural lesion DDx (3)
A
Meningioma
Haemangiopericytoma
Mets
2
Q
Meningioma (3)
A
Common, enhances homogenously.
Most common location is over the cerebral convexity, and has been known to cause hyperostosis.
3
Q
Haemangiopericytoma (4)
A
Soft tissue sarcoma, can mimic an aggressive meningioma (because both enhance homogenously).
Can also mimic dural tail, with narrow base of dural attachment.
Won’t calcify or cause hyperostosis, but will invade the skull.
4
Q
Mets (3)
A
Most commonly breast cancer.
80% at the grey-white junction.
More oedema than primary tumour of similar size.
