Neuroradiology board review. This lecture is geared towards the ABR core exam for residents, but it would be useful for review for the ABR certifying exam or certificate of added qualification (CAQ) exam for neuroradiology.
This case shows a young adult who underwent precocious puberty. There is an expansile, non-enhancing mass in the region of the hypothalamus/tuber cinereum.
The diagnosis is: hypothalamic hamartoma
Hypothalamic hamartomas are disorderly (hamartomatous) collections of neurons in t