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Page 1: MRI imaging hypothalamus Dr Ahmed Esawy

Dr Ahmed Esawy

بسم اهلل الرحمن الرحيم

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Dr. Ahmed Abdallah Eisawy

MBBS M.Sc MD

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HYPOTHALAMUS

MRI

IMAGING

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the hypothalamus is a portion of the brain that

contains a number of small nuclei with a variety of

functions.

One of the most important functions of the

hypothalamus is to link the nervous system to

the endocrine system via the pituitary

gland (hypophysis).

The hypothalamus is located below the thalamus, just

above the brainstem and is part of the limbic system

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The hypothalamus is involved in the following

control systems:

• body temperature

• autonomic nervous system

• emotional and food behavior

• endocrine (via the pituitary)

• circadian rhythm.

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The hypothalamus is a portion of the brain near the third

ventricle, located below the thalamus and above the

brainstem.

The anterior boundary of the hypothalamus is determined by

the line connecting, the lamina terminalis and the optic chiasm

at its lower border and the anterior commissure above .

The lower limit of the hypothalamus is formed by the

infundibulum, the tuber cinerum and the mamillary bodies

(from front to back ).

superior: an imaginary line drawn between the anterior and

posterior commissures

The posterior limit is represented by a straight line joining the

mamillary bodies and the posterior commissure.

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(a) Drawing shows the hypothalamus (outlined with a dashed line) below an imaginary line between the anterior commissure (AC) and the posterior commissure (PC). The anterior boundary of the hypothalamus is the lamina terminalis (LT), which extends between the optic chiasm (OC) and the anterior commissure. The posterior boundary is imprecise; it is indicated by a line that extends between the mamillary bodies (MB) and the posterior commissure. The floor of the hypothalamus is formed by the infundibular stalk (IS), the tuber cinereum (TC), and the mamillary bodies. The major tracts related to the hypothalamus, the mamillothalamic tract (MT) and the postcommissural fornix (PF), are also shown.

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(c) On a sagittal contrast material–enhanced MR image,the infundibular stalk and

pituitary gland show normal homogeneous enhancement, which reflects their lack of a

blood-brain barrier

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(b) Sagittal T1-weighted MR image clearly demonstrates the anatomy of the

hypothalamus. Note the high-signal-intensity area (arrowhead) representing the

posterior pituitary gland.

AC anterior commissure, IS infundibular stalk, LT lamina terminalis, MB mamillary

bodies, OC optic chiasm, PC posterior commissure, TC tuber cinereum.

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MRI of the Brain (hypothalamus):

T1-weighted sagittal cut. .

1, Anterior commissure.

2, Corpus callosum.

3, Third ventricle.

4, Cerebellum.

5, Pons.

6, Pituitary gland.

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(a) median eminence (b), mamillary bodies

The major hypothalamic tracts and nuclei (circled) are arranged symmetrically about the

floor and lower medial surface of the third ventricle and include the arcuate nucleus

A), anterior commissure(AC), dorsomedial nucleus (DM), lateral nucleus (L), lateral preoptic nucleus(LPO), mamillary bodies(MB), medial preoptic nucleus(MPO) posterior nucleus (P), paraventricular nucleus (PV), suprachiasmatic nucleus (SC), supraoptic nucleus (SO), and ventromedial nucleus (VM). The arcuate nucleus is located at the base of the infundibulum. F fornix, ME median eminence, MT mamillothalamic tract, OC optic chiasm, OT optic tract

Coronal T1-weighted MR images obtained at the level of (from rostral to caudal) the optic chiasm

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Coronal T1-weighted MR images obtained at the level of (from rostral to caudal) the optic chiasm

(c) show the various hypothalamic structures

lateral nucleus (L), F fornix, mamillary bodies(MB), MT mamillothalamic

, posterior nucleus (P), paraventricular nucleus (PV)

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MRI of the Brain (hypothalamus):

T1-weighted axial cut. .

1, Anterior commissure.

2, Putamen.

3, Third ventricle.

4, Corpus callosum.

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MRI of the Brain (hypothalamus):

T1-weighted coronal cut. .

1, Anterior commissure.

2, Caudate nucleus.

3, Corpus callosum.

4, Lateral ventricle.

5, Third ventricle.

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MRI of the Brain (hypothalamus):

T1-weighted axial cut. .

1, Infudibulum.

2, Cerebral aqueduct.

3, Midbrain.

4, Substantia nigra.

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MRI of the Brain (hypothalamus):

T1-weighted coronal cut. Image .

1, Infudibulum.

2, Caudate nucleus.

3, Corpus callosum.

4, Lateral ventricle.

5, Pituitary gland.

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MRI of the Brain (hypothalamus):

T1-weighted sagittal cut. Image .

1, Mammillary body.

2, Corpus callosum.

3, Third ventricle.

4, Cerebellum.

5, Midbrain.

6, Pons.

7, Pituitary gland.

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MRI of the Brain (hypothalamus):

T1-weighted axial cut. Image .

1, Mammillary body.

2, Cerebral aqueduct.

3, Superior colliculus.

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MRI of the Brain (hypothalamus):

T1-weighted sagittal cut.

1, Posterior commissure.

2, Midbrain.

3, Pituitary gland.

4, Récessus optique.

5, Corpus callosum.

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mammillary bodies

• are a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain, that form part of the limbic system.

• They are located at the ends of the anterior arches of the fornix,

• named mammillary for their resemblance to two breasts.

• They consist of two groups of nuclei, the medial mammillary nuclei and the lateral mammillary nuclei.

• Neuroanatomists have often categorized the mammillary bodies as part of the hypothalamus

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tuber cinereum

• is a hollow eminence of gray matter situated between the mammilary bodies behind, and the optic chiasma in front.

• The tuber cinereum is part of the hypothalamus

• A prominence of the base of the hypothalamus, extending ventrally into the infundibulum and pituitary stalk

• tuber cinereum Layer of gray matter in the hypothalamus that also forms part of the floor of the third ventricle.

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(a) Drawing shows the hypothalamus (outlined with a dashed line) below an imaginary line between the anterior commissure (AC) and the posterior commissure (PC). The anterior boundary of the hypothalamus is the lamina terminalis (LT), which extends between the optic chiasm (OC) and the anterior commissure. The posterior boundary is imprecise; it is indicated by a line that extends between the mamillary bodies (MB) and the posterior commissure. The floor of the hypothalamus is formed by the infundibular stalk (IS), the tuber cinereum (TC), and the mamillary bodies. The major tracts related to the hypothalamus, the mamillothalamic tract (MT) and the postcommissural fornix (PF), are also shown.

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Locations of Hypothalamic Nuclei with

Respect to the Medial-Lateral and

Rostral-Caudal Axes

. Lateral Area Medial Area Region*

Lateral preoptic nucleus,

lateral nucleus,

part of supraoptic

nucleus

Medial preoptic nucleus,

supraoptic nucleus,

paraventricular nucleus,

anterior nucleus,

suprachiasmatic nucleus

Anterior

Lateral nucleus, lateral

tuberal nuclei

Dorsomedial nucleus,

ventromedial nucleus,

arcuate nucleus

Tuberal

Lateral nucleus Mamillary nuclei,

posterior nucleus

Posterio

*The rostral-caudal axis divides the hypothalamus into anterior, tuberal, and

posterior regions.

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Classification of Hypothalamic Lesions

• Developmental abnormalities

Craniopharyngioma, germinoma,hamartoma, lipoma , dermoid and epidermoid cysts, arachnoid cyst, RCC, colloid cyst

• Primary tumors of the CNS

Hypothalamic-chiasmatic glioma, ganglioglioma, choristoma, perisellar meningioma

• Vascular tumors

Hemangioblastoma, cavernoma

• Systemic tumors affecting the CNS

Metastasis, lymphoma, leukemia

• Inflammatory and granulomatous diseases

LCH, lymphocytic infundibuloneurohypophysitis, sarcoidosis, Wegener granulomatosis, tuberculosis, syphilis, encephalitis

• Lesions arising from surrounding structures

Suprasellar pituitary tumor, ectopic posterior pituitary (EPP), aneurysms

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Classification of Hypothalamic Lesions

Lesions Pathologic Process

Craniopharyngioma, germinoma,

hamartoma, lipoma, dermoid and

epidermoid cysts, arachnoid cyst, RCC,

colloid cyst

Developmental abnormalities

Hypothalamic-chiasmatic glioma,

ganglioglioma, choristoma, perisellar

meningioma

Primary tumors of the CNS

Hemangioblastoma, cavernoma Vascular tumors

Metastasis, lymphoma, leukemia Systemic tumors affecting the

CNS

LCH, lymphocytic

infundibuloneurohypophysitis,

sarcoidosis, Wegener

granulomatosis, tuberculosis, syphilis,

encephalitis

Inflammatory and granulomatous

diseases

Suprasellar pituitary tumor, ectopic

posterior pituitary (EPP), aneurysms

Lesions arising from surrounding

structures

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Characteristic Anatomic Locations and Key MR

Imaging Features of Hypothalamic Lesions

Key MR Imaging Features Location Lesion

Solid and cystic components (solid:

heterogeneous enhancement; cystic:

variable signal intensity [T1 hyperintensity]),

calcification

Along suprasellar

portion of

stalk

Craniopharyngioma

Solid; iso- to hypointense with T1-weighted

sequences, iso- to hyperintense with T2-

weighted sequences relative to gray matter;

contrast enhancement; may be associated

with pineal infiltration

Upper part of

infundibulum

Germinoma

Solid, sometimes with cysts; isointense with

T1-weighted sequences, iso- to

hyperintense with T2-weighted sequences

relative to gray matter;

no contrast enhancement or calcification

Tuber cinereum Hamartoma

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Characteristic Anatomic Locations and Key MR

Imaging Features of Hypothalamic Lesions

Key MR Imaging Features Location Lesion

Heterogeneous signal intensity similar to

that of fat

Tuber cinereum Osteolipoma

Lobulated borders, isointense with T1-

and T2-weighted sequences relative to

CSF, hyperintense with FLAIR and

diffusion-weighted sequences, no

contrast enhancement

Parasellar Epidermoid cyst

Solid, inhomogeneous signal intensity

similar to that of fat

Suprasellar,

hypothalamic

(midline)

Dermoid cyst

Isointense relative to CSF, no contrast

enhancement

Suprasellar Arachnoid cyst

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Characteristic Anatomic Locations and Key MR

Imaging Features of Hypothalamic Lesions

Key MR Imaging Features Location Lesion

Smooth walls with variable signal

intensity, no solid component or

calcification

Supra- or intrasellar RCC

Solid; hypointense with T1-weighted

sequences,hyperintense with T2-

weighted sequences;

moderately heterogeneous contrast

enhancement

Hypothalamic-chiasmic Glioma

Isointense with T1- and T2-weighted

sequences,

variable contrast enhancement

Infundibulum Choristoma

Isointense with T1- and T2-weighted

sequences,

intense homogeneous contrast

enhancement,

dural tail

Suprasellar (rarely in stalk) Meningioma

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Characteristic Anatomic Locations and Key MR

Imaging Features of Hypothalamic Lesions

Key MR Imaging Features Location Lesion

Cyst with enhancing mural nodule Hypothalamus Hemangioblastoma

Intense contrast enhancement,

bone destruction

without marked sellar enlargement

Stalk, hypothalamus Metastatic disease

Intense contrast enhancement,

associated intraand

extracranial lesions

Stalk LCH

Leptomeningeal contrast

enhancement, associated

intra- and extracranial lesions

Stalk, suprasellar cistern Sarcoidosis

Isointense relative to brain, strong

enhancement,

may contain cystic component or

hemorrhage;

sellar enlargement

Intrasellar center causing

upward displacement of

optic chiasm

Suprasellar pituitary

adenoma

Blood products, residual patent

lumen, phase

artifact

Suprasellar Suprasellar

aneurysm

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Adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma in a 12-year-old boy

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a Girl, 6-year-old, short stature, reduction of the visual field:

craniopharyngioma with predominant cystic component, thin wall calcifications seen on

CT, spontaneous hypersignal on T1 weighted images in relation with high cholesterol

concentration within the cyst.

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boy, 5-year-old: short stature, headache and vomiting; craniopharyngioma

with hydrocephalus, ‘‘egg-shell’’ calcification on CT,spontaneous T1 hyperintense

cystic part on MRI

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Girl 9-year old, visual disturbance since several months, papillary edema on

fundoscopy:craniopharyngioma with predominantly cystic component,peripheral rim

enhancement after contrast injection.

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Boy, 4-year-old, vomits since 2 weeks, palsy of the right 6th nerve:

craniopharyngioma with T1 isointense cystic component,

intra sellar solid component.

localized MR spectroscopy within the cyst demonstrates a doublet

lactate peak

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Papillary craniopharyngioma in a 39-year-old man

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unenhanced and enhanced T1 craniopharyngioma

large intrasellar and suprasellar mass with cystic and enhancing components as well

as calcifications

DD : dermiod

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craniopharyngioma

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Metachronous hypothalamic and pineal gland germinomas in a 3-year-old girl

T1+C

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Girl, 11-year-old with

diabetes insipidus:

suprasellar germinoma

with cysts

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Boy, 14-year-old,

diabetes insipidus since

6 months: intra and

suprasellar germinoma

with heterogeneous solid

mass.

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Dr Ahmed Esawy Boy, 11-year-old, oculomotor palsy: suprasellar malignant

germinoma with heterogeneous enhancement

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Girl, 9-year-old,

headaches and visual disturbances: Synchronous lesions in pineal and suprasellar

regions

germinoma

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The mass enhances after gadolinium.

Continue with next images

T2

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MRI OF Hypothalamic hamartoma

T1: isointense to cerebral cortex

T1 C+ (Gd): no contrast enhancement

T2

iso- to hyperintense to cerebral cortex

the higher the proportion of glial cells, the higher the T2 signal

MR spectroscopy

reduced NAA/Cr

increased myoinositol

increased Cho/Cr compared to the amygdala has also been reported

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Parahypothalamic hamartoma of the tuber cinereum in a 7-year-old boy

T1+NO C

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Hypothalamic hamartoma

T2

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Hypothalamic hamartoma

T1+C

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T2

T1 FLAIR

T1+C Hypothalamic hamartoma

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hamartomas on are enhanced sagittal T1-weighted MR images.

Here you can see the non-enhancing hamartoma attached to the tuber cinereum

between the pituitary stalk and mamillary body. There really is no differential diagnosis

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Parahypothalamic osteolipoma of the tuber cinereum in a 43-year-old woman

T1+NO C

FAT SUPRESSED T2

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Girl, 8-year-old, headaches and left visual impairement: suprasellar and pre

pontine epidermoid cyst

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Hypothalamic dermoid cyst in a 30-year-old man

FAT SUPRESSED T1 T1+NO C

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RCC in a 50-year-old woman

T1+NO C T2

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Girl, 1-year-old, MRI performed for psychomotor development delay: incidental

Rathke’s cleft cyst

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T1, T2 and T1-weighted images after gadolinium demonstrate another Rathke's cleft

cyst located in the pituitary gland

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• Suprasellar colloid cyst in a 44-year-old

T1+NO C

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a Boy, one-year-old, mildline defect with frontonasal encephalocele,

suprasellar arachnoid cyst, hypophysis hypoplasia

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Boy, 11-year-old, MRI for advanced puberty: incidental lipoma demonstrated, with

spontaneous T1 hypersignal posterior to the pituitary stalk

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Magnetic resonance images of the

hypothalamus

obtained (a) Axial spin-echo T2-weighted

(b) sagittal T2_Trufisp (c) coronal spin-

echo T2 images

all show well-defined lesions (arrowheads)

with heterogenous signal intensity. Areas of

haemorrhage are seen within the lesion

(mulberry appearance) that are surrounded

by a hypointense hemosiderin rim, which is

in keeping with the diagnosis of

cavernoma.

Cavernoma of the Hypothalamus

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Cavernoma of the Hypothalamus

A sagittal spin-echo T1-weighted magnetic resonance image obtained revealing the

hypothalamus and suprasellar cistern showing the cavernoma (arrowheads) causing

a mass effect and displacing the optic chiasm anteriorly and superiorly (white arrow).

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Hypothalamic-chiasmatic glioma in a 4-year-old boy

T1+NO C T2

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Hypothalamic and Chiasm Glioma

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Optic hypothalamic

astrocytoma 16 year child

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Pediatric Chiasmatic/ Hypothalamic

Gliomas

MRI –T1: Low -intensity with marked

gadolinium enhancement – T2:

Hyperintense mass

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MRI –T1: Low -intensity with marked

gadolinium enhancement enhancement –

T2: Hyperintense mass

Pediatric Chiasmatic Hypothalamic

Gliomas

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Hypothalamic ganglioglioma in a 20-year-old man

T1+NO C T1+ C T2

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T1+C T2 T1+ NO C FLAIR

Hypothalamic LIPOMA

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Choristoma in a 55-year-old man

T1+NO C T1+ C

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Hypothalamic hemangioblastoma in a 54-year-old woman

T1+NO C T1+C

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Hypothalamic cavernoma in a 9-year old boy

T1+NO C T2

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T1+ C

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Metastatic carcinoma to the hypothalamic-pituitary axis in a 46-year-old woman with breast cancer

T1

T1+C T1+ C

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Hypothalamic encephalitis in a 35-year-old man with DI

T2

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T1+C

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Boy, 4-year-old, diabetes insipidus: Langerhans cell hystiocytosis

with enlarged pituitary stalk, occipital osteolysis

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MRI reveals normal and abnormal hypothalamic-pituitary regions. In two healthy

controls, a hot signal in the pituitary lobe that is clearly separated from the dorsum

sella can be observed (A,B: T1-weighted).

A patient with LCH shows a thickened stalk and the loss of the hot spot in the

posterior lobe (C: T1-weighted).

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Gadolinium-enhanced MRIs show a hypothalamic mass in two patients with LCH (A,

B), each of which was histopathologically confirmed to be LCH by biopsy

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MRI of patients with neurodegenerative disease after treatment for multifocal LCH

show high signals at the basal ganglia (A: Flair, TR=9000) and the cerebellar dentate

nuclear area (B: Flair, TR=9000).

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Neurosarcoidosis in a 32-year-old woman with DI

T1+NO C T1+ C

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Tl-weighted sagittal (a) after Gd-DTPA demonstrates a uniformly hyperintense lesion

with suprasellar (1) and hypothalamic components (2). (b) Tl-weighted coronal image

after Gd-DTPA demonstrates the cystic suprasellar portion to show marginal

enhancement (arrows); pituitary stalk (arrowheads). Note the relationship

of the lesion to the optic chiasm and the pituitary g1and

Sarcoidosis of the hypothalamus and pituitary stalk

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same patient before

Tl-weighted coranal, unenhanced

image, more posterior, shows the

granulomatous tissue in the

hypothalamus to be of spontaneously

high signal intensity.

Sarcoidosis of the hypothalamus

and pituitary stalk

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same patient before after 4 month Sagittal T1-weighted image demonstrates a

decrease in size of the hyperintense hypothalamic component, while the

presumed cystic suprasellar portion is unchanged

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same patient before after 6 month Sagittal (a) and coronal (b) image after Gd-DTPA

showa lterations in signal intensity and size in both parts of the lesion; the presumed

cystic component being more extensive.

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Dr Ahmed Esawy Hemorrhagic pituitary adenoma with a fluid-fluid level in a 42-year-old woman

T1+ C

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EPP in an 8-year-old boy with growth retardation.

T1+NO C

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pituitary macroadenomas are adenomas over 10mm in size

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pituitary macroadenomas are adenomas over 10mm in size

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pituitary macroadenomas

classic 'snowman' configuration caused by constriction by the diaphragma sellae.

Notice the blood-fluid level, indicating hemorrhage.

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pituitary macroadenomas

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T1-weighted image of a thrombosed aneurysm with high signal intensity on the

unenhanced scan

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partially thrombosed aneurysm in the suprasellar cistern.

The patent lumen is black on these T1-weighted images.

It is surrounded by clot of different ages arranged in layers reaching from the lumen

to the wall. It resembles an onion cut in half

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Meningiomas are almost always solid lesions, sometimes with a cyst on the edge

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the spread of the lesion along the meninges. The epicentre of the lesion is above

the sella

the main differential diagnosis of

the enhancing mass would include

meningioma, pituitary adenoma and

an aneurysm

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Differential Diagnosis for Lesions

Involving the Hypothalamus

• Some hypothalamic lesions show remarkable

consistency in location, such as hamartoma and osteolipoma (in the tuber cinereum) .

• A thickened contrast-enhanced infundibulum is the most typical manifestation of germ cell tumors, lymphocytic hypophysitis, sarcoidosis,and LCH

• However, idiopathic, isolated infundibular stalk thickening can be seen in cases of central DI without evidence of infiltrative processes

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• Lesions of near isointensity relative to the brain include

germinomas,some hamartomas, and suprasellar

meningioma

• This signature MR spectroscopic finding associated

with hypothalamic hamartomas allows differentiation of

these neoplasms from other entities, such as

hypothalamic gliomas and metastatic deposits

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CNS lesions associated with central

precocious puberty

Hypothalamic hamartoma

Craniopharyngioma

Ependymoma

Optic fibromas

Optic glioma

Subarachniod cysts

Hydrocephalus

Cerberal vascular accidents

encephalitis

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Hypothalamic-pituitary gonadal axis

Arcuate nucleus regulate sexual

development Localized found between the

mamillary bodies And infundibulum

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Dr Ahmed Esawy

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Dr Ahmed Esawy

T1 +C

9 Y old boy ,neurofibromatosis 1 and CPP

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Dr Ahmed Esawy

T1 +C

4 Y old boy with CPP

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Dr Ahmed Esawy

7y girl

Arachniod cyst with obstructive

hydrocephalus

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Dr Ahmed Esawy

7y girl

Hypothalamic pilocystic

astrocytoma

TI+C