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Pericallosal lipoma and middle cerebral artery aneurysm: a coincidence?

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Intracranial lipomas are rare congenital malformations that can often be seen in association with other brain malformations; agenesis or dysgenesis of the corpus callosum is the most frequently associated brain anomaly. They are usually pericallosal asymptomatic midline lesions. Intracranial lipomas associated with a non-contiguous cerebral aneurysm are extremely rare. We report an infant with partial agenesis of the corpus callosum and pericallosal lipoma associated with cerebral haemorrhage due to a distal middle cerebral artery aneurysm. Such an association is probably not fortuitous and could suggest a pathogenic relationship.

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  1. Department of Paediatric Neurology and Metabolic Diseases, Hôpital Robert Debré, APHP, 48 Bd Sérurier, 75935, Paris Cedex 19, France

    Julie Sommet, Manuel Schiff & Philippe Evrard

  2. Department of Interventional Radiology, Fondation Rothschild, Paris, France

    Raphaël Blanc

  3. Department of Paediatric Radiology, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France

    Monique Elmaleh-Bergès

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Sommet, J., Schiff, M., Evrard, P. et al. Pericallosal lipoma and middle cerebral artery aneurysm: a coincidence?. Pediatr Radiol 40, 1417–1420 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-009-1534-9

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