Intracranial calcifications on CT: An updated review
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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. © 2019, Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication. All Rights Reserved.
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Adult calcification, Ct, Intracranial calcifications, Pathologic calcifications, Pediatric calcifications, Physiologic calcifications, Brain, Brain diseases, Calcification, physiologic, Calcinosis, Humans, Terminology as topic, Tomography, x-ray computed, Aicardi goutieres syndrome, Article, Astrocytoma, Basal ganglion, Blood vessel calcification, Brain blood vessel, Brain calcification, Choroid plexus, Cockayne syndrome, Computer assisted tomography, Congenital toxoplasmosis, Craniopharyngioma, Cryptococcosis, Cytomegalovirus infection, Developmental disorder, Dystrophy, Ependymoma, Genetic disorder, Germ cell tumor, Globoid cell leukodystrophy, Habenula, Human, Medulloblastoma, Metabolic disorder, Neurocysticercosis, Neurofibromatosis, Neuroimaging, Neurosarcoidosis, Neurotoxicity, Oligodendroglioma, Parenchyma, Physiology, Pineal body, Pineal body tumor, Rubella, Sturge weber syndrome, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Tuberculosis, Tuberous sclerosis, Virus encephalitis, Zika fever, Bone mineralization, Brain disease, Diagnostic imaging, Nomenclature, X-ray computed tomography