MRI features of choroid plexitis

Neuroradiology. 1998 May;40(5):303-7. doi: 10.1007/s002340050589.

Abstract

Four cases of choroid plexitis of the brain (two with cryptococcosis and two with tuberculosis) are presented. The four patients showed either unilateral enlargement (3) or bilateral enlargement (1) and dense enhancement of the choroid plexus in the lateral ventricles (4) and fourth ventricle (1) in association with clinical findings of leptomeningitis. All patients had unilateral cystic dilatation of the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle presumably secondary to entrapment of the temporal horn and extensive oedema around the ipsilateral ventricle.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Brain Edema / diagnosis
  • Cerebral Ventricles / pathology
  • Choroid Plexus / pathology*
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Cryptococcal / diagnosis*
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal / diagnosis*