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Cormier, Jason L

A5095384875

Mayo Clinic

Department of Neurosurgery, Acadiana Neurosurgery, Lafayette, LA, USA

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Radiology-pathology correlation: Giant tumefactive perivascular spaces

The Neuroradiology Journal | April 13, 2024 | Volume: 38 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 233-237

10.1177/19714009241247459 | PMID 38613202

Dilated perivascular spaces (PVSs) are common and easily recognized on imaging. However, rarer giant tumefactive PVSs (GTPVSs) can have unusual multilocular cystic configurations, and are often confused for other pathologic entities, including neoplasms, cystic infarctions, and neuroepithelial cysts. Because GTPVSs are scarcely encountered and even more infrequently operated upon, many radiologists are unaware of the imaging and pathologic features of these lesions. Here, a case of a resected GTPVS is presented, highlighting both its radiologic and histologic characteristics, and discussing how such lesions can be differentiated from their closest mimickers on imaging.