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