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T2-hyperintense intracranial lesion

T2*-weighted imaging is an MRI sequence to quantify observable or effective T2 (T2* or "T2-star"). In this sequence, hemorrhages and hemosiderin deposits become hypointense. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Synonyms
T2-bright intracranial lesion
Subtypes
Heterogeneous T2-hyperintense intracranial lesion
Homogeneous T2-hyperintense intracranial lesion
May Be Caused by
 Common
Aneurysm
Astrocytoma
Blood flow
Cerebritis
Cholesterol cyst
Cholesterol granuloma
Craniopharyngioma
Encephalitis
Glioblastoma
Glioma
Infarction
Late subacute hematoma
Lymphoma
Meningioma
Metastasis
Mucocele
Oligodendroglioma
Pituitary adenoma
Posterior pituitary
Rathke cleft cyst
Schwannoma
 Uncommon
Chordoma
Choroid plexus papilloma
Dermoid
Ependymoma
Gliosis
Granuloma
Hamartoma
Lipoma
Medulloblastoma
Pinealoma
Pineoblastoma
Radiation necrosis
Subependymoma
Teratoma
Tuberculoma
Xanthogranuloma

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